Stephan Salzmann was born in Hallein in 1990. He left Saalfelden grammar school with outstanding exam results and went on to complete his National Service as a one-year volunteer. During his studies at the Medical University of Vienna, he worked as a demonstrator at the Institute of Anatomy. As part of his clinical internship year, he completed student placements at George Washington University in Washington DC and the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia (USA). He wrote his dissertation at the Institute of Pharmacology under the supervision of Martin Hohenegger. In addition to a Max Kade grant from the American Austrian Foundation (AAF), he has received several performance scholarships for his studies (average grade 1.0), which he completed in 2016. Stephan Salzmann is currently working as a research fellow at the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York City.