Dr. Marc Jeschke has been caring for burn patients and conducting research in the field of burns for almost 30 years. He is a global leader in burn care, research, and education. According to Expertscape, he is the second highest-ranked expert in burns in the world. Dr. Jeschke is currently the Vice-President of Research and Innovation at Hamilton Health Sciences and is a Professor in the Departments of Surgery, Biochemistry, and Biomedical Sciences at McMaster University. He is the Director of the Burn Program at Hamilton General Hospital, and is a Surgeon-Scientist. Before joining Hamilton Health Sciences in 2022, Dr. Jeschke held a faculty position at Sunnybrook, in Toronto, for 12 years. Prior to that, he was the distinguished Annie Laurie Howard Chair in Burn Surgery at the University of Texas Medical Branch and Shriners Hospital for Children, and worked there as a Staff Surgeon and Coordinator of Research, with a focus on increasing research productivity and obtaining independent grant funds.

Dr. Jeschke has a continuous commitment to scholarly work with over 450 peer-reviewed articles, books, and book chapters on burn care. He has been funded continuously since 2000 and has a significant track record of successes with federal funding agencies and private foundations. He has a total lifetime funding of over $25,000,000 as Principal or Co-Investigator. Dr. Jeschke has an essential role in worldwide multicenter clinical trials and is currently engaged in multiple ongoing multicenter trials. His work is translational, and his research interests include investigating the profound metabolic alterations post-burn injury and novel techniques for wound coverage and skin regeneration.