Michael R. Kurman

Michael R. Kurman, MD, has spent over thirty years in the oncology drug development field. He is a board-certified medical oncologist who practiced community oncology in New Jersey where he participated as an investigator in oncology clinical trials sponsored by the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) and the Memorial Adjunct Staff Oncology Group (MASOG). During his career in the pharmaceutical industry, he has held positions of progressive responsibility at Janssen Pharmaceutica as Director of Oncology, at Cyotgen Corporation as Senior Director of Research, and at U.S. Bioscience as Vice-President for Research. Prior to establishing his consultancy, Dr. Kurman served as Vice-President for Clinical and Scientific Operations for Quintiles Oncology Therapeutics Division. In his twenty­-six-year career in the pharmaceutical industry, Dr. Kurman has been involved in the regulatory review or commercial launch of four new oncology products. Dr. Kurman received his bachelors degree summa cum laude in biology from Syracuse University and his M.D. degree from Cornell University Medical College. He received his training in internal medicine at the State University of New York  Upstate Medical Center and his oncology training at Mt. Sinai Medical Center in New York.

Dr. Kurman has served on the scientific advisory boards and boards of directors of several companies. He is also a member of the Syracuse University Biology Alumni Advisory Board, is a past President of the Upper Saddle River Board of Health, and is a member of several professional societies.