International Myeloma Foundation
RESEARCH EDUCATION SUPPORT ADVOCACY
Serving the myeloma community for 20 years!
BRIAN G. M. DURIE, M.D.
Chairman and Medical Director
Brian G.M. Durie, M.D., is national director for hematological malignancies at Aptium Oncology, and
myeloma specialist at Cedars-Sinai Outpatient Cancer Center. He is co-founder, chairman and medical
director of the International Myeloma Foundation, a member of its Scientific Advisory Board and co-
chairman of the myeloma gene bank, Bank On A Cure®.
Dr. Durie also chairs/co-chairs three major research groups -- the
Myeloma Network for Aptium Oncology, the International Myeloma
M
Foundation's International Myeloma Working Group and the Myeloma
Committee of the Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG).
Born and raised in Scotland, Dr. Durie graduated from the University of
Edinburgh Medical School in 1966. Fol owing internships there, he
completed residencies and fellowships in hematology and oncology at
the Mayo Clinic and the University of Minnesota. Upon completion of his
training, Dr. Durie moved to Tucson, Arizona and began working in the
Department of Hematology/Oncology at the University of Arizona. In
1981 he earned
the appointment of Professor of Medicine
(Hematology/Oncology).
Dr. Durie co-developed the myeloma staging systems that al ow precise,
standard, objective evaluation of patients to guide their treatment - both
the International Staging System now being introduced into practice, and the original Durie-Salmon
Myeloma Staging System, used for more than 25 years. This earlier system was developed along with
Dr. Sydney Salmon while they were colleagues at the University of Arizona.
He has authored and co-authored more than 400 research papers and five books.
Awards
In February, 2009, he was named recipient of the prestigious
Waldenström's Award for lifetime achievement in multiple myeloma. In
2006 Dr. Durie was honored with the Kyle Lifetime Achievement Award
recognizing "the physician who most exemplifies a singular dedication to
and compassion for myeloma patients and treatment of their disease."
Helped Found IMF
In 1990 one of Dr. Durie's myeloma patients, Brian Novis, started the International Myeloma Foundation
and worked on it until he passed away in 1992. Dr. Durie and Brian Novis's wife Susie continue that
work to this day. In 1994, Dr. Durie and Susie Novis were married.
The IMF can be reached at (800) 452-CURE www.myeloma.org.

---