Ignacio Duran Martinez MD, PhD

Ignacio Duran is a medical oncologist with interests in clinical and translational research and medical education. He is the Leader of the Genitourinary Oncology Program at the Medical Oncology Department at the Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla in Santander, Spain.

Dr. Duran earned his medical degree in 1997 at the Universidad de Salamanca and went on to attain his doctorate in 2005 at the Universidad Complutense with the highest commendation. Between 2004 and 2007, he completed a fellowship in drug development and genitourinary tumors at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto, Canada, and received a Master’s Degree in the teaching of medicine at the University of Toronto.

Dr. Duran is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the European Society of Medical Oncology, the European Association of Urology, and the Spanish Society of Medical Oncology. He is president and co-founder of GO NORTE, a collaborative group of Spanish medical oncologists with an interest in GU oncology in the North area of Spain including over 25 hospitals.

His major research interests include genitourinary tumors and anticancer clinical drug development. He has authored numerous publications covering diverse areas of medical oncology in peer-reviewed scientific journals. Throughout his career, Dr. Duran is the recipient of the ASCO Foundation Merit Award, the Novartis Young Canadian Investigator Award, and the University Health Network Outstanding Research Presentation Award.