Marc Gehard Jeschke MD, PhD, FACS, FCCM, FRCS

Dr. Marc Jeschke has been caring for burn patients and conducting research in the field of burns for nearly 25 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 was appointed Director of the Ross Tilley Burn Centre at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in 2010. He is a Surgeon Scientist and a Professor in the Departments of Surgery and Immunology at the University of Toronto. This past October, he was named the Director of the Translational Research Committee for the Department of Surgery at the University of Toronto. Before joining Sunnybrook, Dr. Jeschke held faculty positions and the distinguished Annie Laurie Howard Chair in Burn Surgery at the University of Texas Medical Branch and Shriners Hospital for Children.

He worked as a Staff Surgeon and Coordinator of Research with a focus on increasing research productivity and obtaining independent grant funds. The contributions of Dr. Jeschke’s research are numerous and encompass all aspects of burn care and treatment. Specifically, he changed the treatment of metabolic and inflammatory responses after burn injury, poor or excessive scarring, and production of tissue-engineered skin. Recently, Dr. Jeschke broadened his research spectrum to study long-term outcomes and quality of life after-burn. These contributions have led to changes in the standard of care throughout the world to burn patients and patients with complex wounds.

Dr. Jeschke has a continuous commitment to scholarly work with over 350 peer-reviewed articles, books, and book chapters on burn care. Service to the profession is evident from many years of active membership in organizations like the Society for Critical Care Medicine, American Burn Association, Surgical Infection Society, Shock Society, American College of Surgeons, and the American Surgical Association. He serves on numerous committees and editorial boards; most recently, he was elected President-Elect of the Shock Society for 2018-2019. Dr. Jeschke is a reviewer for funding agencies including the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, National Institutes of Health, and the U.S. Department of Defense. His reputation extends beyond burns as an invited speaker nationally and internationally.