Burkhard Jansen MD

Burkhard Jansen, MD brings a distinctive blend of dermatology medical practitioner and innovator, both national and international, to the realm of molecular dermatology. He has served as founder, director, and senior executive of a number of dermatology and oncology focused life sciences companies, primarily in the US, and also in Canada and Europe.

Dr. Jansen now serves as Chief Medical Officer at DermTech, the San Diego – based world leader in non-invasive molecular dermatology. Dr. Jansen received his medical doctorate and dermatology training from the Universities of Graz and Vienna in Austria, his postdoctoral science training at the University of Minnesota, and his executive business education at UCLA. He has a background as a tenured professor of both dermatology and clinical pharmacology with FDA experience. His scientific work is published in Nature, Nature Medicine, Lancet, PNAS and a variety of dermatology and oncology journals.