S. Vincent Rajkumar, MD

Dr. S. Vincent Rajkumar is Edward W. and Betty Knight Scripps Professor of Medicine at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Blood Cancer Journal, and also serves as the Associate Editor for Mayo Clinic Proceedings, Leukemia, and European Journal of Hematology. He is co-chair of the International Myeloma Working Group (IMWG), and Chair of the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) myeloma committee. Dr. Rajkumar is the Chair of the Board of directors of the International Myeloma Foundation and a member of the National Institutes of Health’s Multiple Myeloma Steering Committee. He is the recipient of multiple awards for his contributions to myeloma research including the Jan Waldenstrom Lifetime Achievement Award, the Robert A. Kyle Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Giants of Cancer Care Award. He was named Mayo Clinic Distinguished Investigator in 2018. His scientific contributions include clinical trials, epidemiological studies, and laboratory research focused on myeloma and related disorders. He has led several large studies on the prevalence and progression of monoclonal gammopathies, racial disparities in the incidence of myeloma, and familial predisposition. Dr. Rajkumar has over 800 publications, including over 500 peer-reviewed original research papers and 250 reviews and book chapters.