Daniel Marchac
Daniel Marchac · Science & Medicine
A key architect of contemporary craniofacial surgery who pioneered early surgical management of craniosynostosis and co-founded the International Society of Craniofacial Surgery.
1936, Paris, France — 2012
Paris, France
Daniel Marchac is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — A key architect of contemporary craniofacial surgery who pioneered early surgical management of craniosynostosis and co-founded the International Society of Craniofacial Surgery.
Daniel Marchac was a French Jewish professor of plastic surgery in Paris and a key architect of contemporary craniofacial surgery. He pioneered the early surgical management of craniosynostosis, transforming the treatment of children with skull and facial deformities. He co-founded the International Society of Craniofacial Surgery, helping to organize the field internationally.
Verify and go deeper with these external references.
Source: Rambam Maimonides Med J (2026)
This page is published in seven languages from an English source. The translations are reviewed, but a mistake can still slip through. If you spot one on this profile — a wrong word, a lost date, a sentence that says something the English does not — please tell us.
A key architect of contemporary craniofacial surgery who pioneered early surgical management of craniosynostosis and co-founded the International Society of Craniofacial Surgery.
Source: Rambam Maimonides Med J (2026)
Similar Contributors
Jack Penn
Michael Lewin
Simon Fredricks
