Barbara Fischer

Dr. med. univ. Barbara Fischer was born in Merano in South Tyrol, Italy, and studied human medicine at the Medical University of Vienna. After her licence to practise medicine at the University of Bologna, she completed her specialist training in Switzerland and studied scientific illustration at the Zurich University of the Arts. She currently works as a doctor and freelance medical illustrator in Merano. Her passion is to translate complex medical content and processes into simple, clearly understandable images to support learning processes or information for patients.