Brian Druker, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Brian Druker

American physician

Date of Birth: 30-Apr-1955

Place of Birth: St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Profession: university teacher, hematologist, oncologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Brian J.
Druker (born April 30, 1955) is a physician-scientist at Oregon Health & Science University, in Portland, Oregon.
He is the director of OHSU's Knight Cancer Institute, Jeld-Wen Chair of Leukemia Research, and professor of medicine.
In 2009, he won the Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award and the Meyenburg Award for his influential work in the development of Imatinib (or STI571), commonly known as Gleevec, for the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML).
He has been called "Oregon's best-known scientist".