Mr. Michael is Certified Prosthetist-Orthotist with a Masters Degree in clinical education. He is a charter member of the Upper Limb Prosthetics and Gait Societies of the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists (AAOP) and has lectured widely in the US, Canada and abroad on a variety of prosthetic and orthotic topics.

Mr. Michael is active in a number of professional societies and disability groups and has been a member of the Academy (AAOP), the Canadian Association of Prosthetists and Orthotists (CAPO), and the International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics (ISPO) since the 1970's. He has previously served as President of the AAOP, as an official consultant to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), and as an advisor to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He is a Chair Emeritus of the US Member Society of the International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics (ISPO) and has been named as a Fellow of that organization.

Mr. Michael has numerous publications on prosthetic and orthotic topics in a variety of texts and refereed journals including the Journal of Prosthetics & Orthotics (JPO), Clinical Prosthetics & Orthotics (CPO), Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation: State of the Art Reviews, Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, Palaestra, the North Carolina Medical Journal, and Clinical Orthopaedics & Related Research (CORR). He served as co-Editor for the Atlas of Limb Prosthetics, authoring six chapters in the volume, and contributed several chapters to the Atlas of Orthoses and Assistive Devices as well. In addition to serving on the Editorial Board for the JPO, Biomechanics, Palaestra and for the Amputee Coalition of America (ACA), Mr. Michael was the Guest Editor for a special issue of JPO dedicated to pediatric topics.

In 1986, Mr. Michael was listed in the "International Who's Who in Medicine", followed by listings in 1998 in "Marquis Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare" and "International Who's Who of Professionals". He is a recipient of the AAOP's 1992 "Outstanding Clinician Award" and the 1997 "Distinguished Practitioner Award", and was named a Fellow of the Academy in 1998. Formerly an Assistant Clinical Professor and Director of the Department of Prosthetics and Orthotics at Duke University Medical Center in North Carolina, Mr. Michael is now the President of "CPO Services, Inc.", an independent clinical consulting firm.

Mr. Michael may be contacted at www.CPOServices.com or via email as JWM@CPOServices.com.