Samuel Fourie

Dr Samuel Fourie qualified in 1987 with MBChB degree from the University of the Free State and started working in the Oncotherapy Department, Bloemfontein in 1990. Since then he has been involved with Oncology on a full time basis. He initially did mostly clinical research at the Dept Oncotherapy in Bloemfontein where he also completed his postgraduate studies in Oncology in 2001. He also holds a B.Sc degree in Computer Science from UNISA and a certificate in Health Technology Assesment from the US Business School. In 2002 he joined the group of Drs Alberts, Bouwer Jordaan as partner and director and in 2008 was appointed as MD. From 2004 to 2006 he was appointed as honorary lecturer at the Dept Radiation Oncology, University of the Witwatersrand. He has been involved with clinical trials since 1992 and was the principle investigator for several studies since 2003. He served on the executive of SASMO, SASCRO, SAOC and ICON and is a member of American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), the American Statistical Association (ASA) and of ISPOR. He currently works as Clinical Oncologist at Wilgers Oncology Center and Pretoria East Hospital and also serves as the MD of Drs Alberts, Bouwer Jordaan Inc. and the MD of Medical Specialist Holdings. Any spare time he spends on a mountain bike and dabbles with computer programming and statistics.