Brian G.m. Durie

Dr. Brian G.M. Durie is co-founder, Chairman of the Board, and Chief Scientific Officer of the International Myeloma Foundation. He is also Chairman of the International Myeloma Working Group and the Black Swan Research Initiative®.

Dr. Durie is a Hematologist/Oncologist specializing in multiple myeloma and related disorders at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was the former Medical Director of Myeloma Research for the Academic Myeloma Consortium and co-chairman of the myeloma committee for the SWOG Cancer Research Network. Previously, he was a professor at the University of Arizona, College of Medicine, and the Charing Cross and Westminster School of Medicine at the University of London.

Dr. Durie is known for his notable research on multiple myeloma and blood disorders, most especially for developing the Durie-Salmon Staging System which continues to be used worldwide for clinically staging myeloma.