DR KYLE is Professor of Medicine, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, 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.

After earning a medical degree at Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago, Dr Kyle did residency training in internal medicine at the Mayo Clinic. He completed a research fellowship in hematology at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, and a postdoctoral research fellowship from the National Cancer Institute.

Dr Kyle is Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board and on the Board of Directors of the International Myeloma Foundation, and is Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the International Waldenström's Macroglobulinemia Foundation (IWMF). He is a Master, American College of Physicians, and an honorary member of the Royal Society of Pathologists, London.

Dr Kyle sits on the editorial boards of several journals, including Blood Reviews, Clinical Lymphoma & Myeloma, and Leukemia. With research interests in monoclonal gammopathies, multiple myeloma, macroglobulinemia, and amyloidosis, Dr Kyle has been principal investigator for numerous research studies. He served as the first President of the International Society of Amyloidosis. He was Chairman of the Myeloma Committee of the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group for 12 years and served as Secretary-General of the International Society of Hematology.

Dr Kyle lectures widely, is a frequent guest at meetings for the Amyloidosis Support Groups, and has contributed more than 900 articles and book chapters as well as over 1200 abstracts to the literature. A tireless educator, he has helped train more than 200 practicing hematologists.