Gerald I Shulman MD, PhD
George R. Cowgill Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology) and Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Departments & Organizations
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Molecular Cell Biology, Genetics and Development | Molecular Medicine, Pharmacology, and PhysiologyYale Medical Group
Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping Center
Cellular & Molecular Physiology: Epithelial Transport of Ions and Solutes | Organ Physiology | Physiology of Human Disease | Physiology and Integrative Medical Biology Track | Graduate Program in Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Internal Medicine: Liver Center | Endocrinology: Diabetes Center | Diabetes Endocrinology Research Center
Center for X-Linked Hypophosphatemia, Yale
Biography
Dr. Shulman is Professor of Internal Medicine & Cellular and Molecular Physiology at Yale University, where he serves as Associate Director of the Yale Diabetes Endocrine Research Center and Associate Director of the Yale Medical Scientist (M.D., Ph.D.) Program. He is also an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Dr. Shulman is an internationally recognized diabetes researcher, and the recipient of numerous awards, including the Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award and the Distinguished Clinical Scientist Award from the American Diabetes Association, the Diabetes Care Research Award from Boehringer-Mannheim/Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, and the Stanley Korsmeyer Award from the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI). In addition to the ASCI Dr. Shulman has been elected to the Association of American Physicians, the Institute of Medicine and the National Academy of Sciences. He is a leading authority on the cellular mechanisms of insulin resistance, the role of the liver and muscle in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes, and the benefits of exercise in the management of diabetes. Dr. Shulman's practice is limited to the treatment of diabetes, and other disorders of glucose metabolism, with specific interests in the management of newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus.
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Education
- BS, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI , 1974
- M.D., Wayne State University , 1979
- Ph.D., Wayne State University , 1979
Selected Publication
- Shulman GI, Rothman DL, Jue T, Stein P, DeFronzo RA, Shulman RG. Direct quantitation of muscle glycogen synthesis in normal man and noninsulin-dependent diabetics by 13C Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. N Eng J Med, 322:223-8, 1990.
Articles
Sept/Oct 2007
A joint effort to tackle obesity and diabetes
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately 65 percent of adults in the United...
May/June 2010
Turning the tide on type 2 diabetes
Gerald I. Shulman, M.D., Ph.D., a world-renowned authority on diabetes, says he can’t remember a time when he wasn’t...
Sept/Oct 2009
Diabetes expert is appointed inaugural Cowgill Professor
Gerald I. Shulman, M.D., Ph.D., an internationally known diabetes researcher, has been named the first George R....
July/August 2007
Diabetes experts win top scientific honors
Two School of Medicine scientists have received high honors for their contributions to diabetes research and treatment....
December 2010
It all adds up: diabetes and oxidative stress
We need oxygen, but it comes with a catch. Aerobic metabolism produces reactive oxygen species (ROS), which are toxic...
July/August 2011
Diet, diabetes, and a gene called mINDY
Tamping down expression of the fruit fly gene Indy improves mitochondrial function, mimicking the effects of a...
Jan/Feb 2006
Banner year for Yale as six on faculty join Institute of Medicine
Six Yale researchers, five with appointments at the School of Medicine and one from the School of Nursing, were among...
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