Dr Robert A. Kyle is Professor of Medicine and Laboratory Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He served as the William H. Donner Professor of Medicine and Laboratory Medicine and was Section Head and Chairman of the Division of Hematology. Dr. Kyle is one of the most respected authorities in the field of multiple myeloma and related disorders and has authored more than 750 papers and book chapters, primarily in the field of myeloma and related plasma cell disorders. He has led several major clinical trials and epidemiologic studies in the field. Dr Kyle is currently Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of the International Myeloma Foundation, Chairman of the Scientific… Advisory Committee of the International Waldenstr�m's Macroglobulinemia Foundation, and President of the International Society of Amyloidosis. During his career, Dr. Kyle has been recognized as the first recipient of the Robert A. Kyle Award for the Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia Foundation, first recipient of the Robert A. Kyle Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Myeloma Foundation, Mayo Clinic's Henry S. Plummer Distinguished Internist Award, Mayo Clinic's Distinguished Clinician Award, and the Mayo Clinic's Distinguished Alumni Award. He was also recipient of the 2007 David Karnofsky Award and Lecture at ASCO.