Professor Hajime Matsumura is a chief of plastic surgeon at Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, JAPAN. He is practicing at the Department of Plastic Surgery and Burn Unit after his surgical residency at the National Hospital Organization Tokyo Medical Center. Between 1985 and 1997, he had the opportunity for study abroad at the Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Washington and University of Washington Burn Center at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle which is the one of the high volume burn center in the US. Currently, he is on the director of the Japanese Association for Burn Injuries, Japan Society for Surgical Wound Care and many other Japanese medical societies. Internationally, he is an executive board member of International Society for Burn Injuries and International editorial consultant of the Journal of Burn Care and Research, official journal of the American Burn Association. His clinical and research works are focused in the field of wound healing including acute wound care, burns, scar, keloid, and their regenerative medicine. He will host the 13th Asia Pacific Burn Congress (APBC 2021) in May 12-14, 2021 at Toshi Center Hotel in Tokyo, Japan.
