Dr Samuel Fourie qualified in 1987 with MBChB degree from the University of the Free State and started working in the Oncology department in 1990. Since then, he has been involved with Oncology on a full-time basis. He initially did mostly clinical research at the Department of Oncotherapy in Bloemfontein where he also completed his postgraduate studies in Oncology in 2001. He also holds a B.Sc in Computer Science from UNISA and a certificate in Health Technology Assessment from the US Business School.

In 2002 he joined the group of Dr Alberts, Bouwer & Jordaan as partner and director and in 2008 was appointed as MD. From 2004 to 2006 he was appointed as honorary lecturer at the Dept Radiation Oncology, University of the Witwatersrand.

He served on the executive of SASMO, SASCRO, SAOC and ICON and is a member of American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), the American Statistical Association (ASA), the European Neuroendocrine Tumour Society (ENETS) and of ISPOR. He currently works as Clinical Oncologist at Wilgers Oncology Centre and ACT Pretoria East Haematology Centre.

In his spare time, he cycles and dabbles with computer systems and statistics.