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Dr. Schaufele grew up in Germany and received his Medical Doctor and Dr. med. (German Ph.D.) from the Goethe University Frankfurt in 1992. He completed internships in General Surgery in Friedrichshafen/ Germany and Internal Medicine in Grand Rapids/ Michigan. He served as resident and chief resident in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital/ Massachusetts General Hospital/ Harvard Medical School in Boston from 1995 to 1998. After his residency, he pursued two more years of advanced training in spine care at the Spine Center in Munich Harlaching in Germany.
In 2000, he joined the faculty of the Emory Spine Center in Atlanta, where he was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor. He served as PM&R Residency Program Director and was teaching faculty for Emory's pain fellowship. He has personally trained more than 50 residents and fellows in non-surgical spine care and pain management during his academic career.
In 2012, he joined Pain Solutions Treatment Centers, a comprehensive pain management practice in the Northwest Atlanta Metro area. In 2016, PSTC merged with Alliance Spine and Pain Centers to create one of the largest interventional pain management practices in the U.S. From 2018-2020, Michael assumed the role of Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for the practice. Since 2022, he is working for Resurgens Orthopaedics, the largest orthopaedic practice in Georgia.
Michael has served extensively as faculty and lecturer in national and international medical courses and meetings. He has held multiple positions on national committees for various medical societies and was a board examiner for the ABPM&R. He has published multiple scientific papers, abstracts and book chapters. He has been involved to date as principal and co- investigator in several ground-breaking clinical trials evaluating innovative interventional spine and pain procedures and medications.
He is board certified by the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation with subspecialty certifications in Pain Medicine and Sports Medicine. He is a Certified Physician Executive (CPE) and Certified Independent Medical Examiner (CIME).
Dr. Schaufele is a FAA designated Senior AME and holds a commercial single-engine and multi-engine pilot license with instrument rating.