Michel H.E. Hermans, MD, President of Hermans Medical Consulting, is an expert in (chronic) wound care and burn care in the broadest sense. He trained in general surgery and burn care in the Netherlands. He has more than 35 years of consulting and senior- and executive management experience in the wound care industry. As Medical Director and Chief Medical Officer in different companies he had global responsibilities for clinical trialing, medical and medical marketing, and strong involvement in R&D, M&A, and VC.

As an independent consultant (since 2004 and ongoing) he continued these responsibilities and consulted for more than 50 companies, from well-established names in the field to small companies and upstarts and with ulcers, trauma and burn care as a special field of interest.

Hermans sits on the industrial board of the ISBI and is reviewer for a number of journals on wound care, burn care, infection related topics and biomaterials. He is a member of many wound- and burn-care organizations.

He has lived and worked in the Unites States for 30+ years and has now returned to his native country, the Netherlands.