Peter G Schulam MD, PhD
Professor of Urology; Chair, Department of Urology, Yale School of Medicine; Chief, Department of Urology, Yale-New Haven Hospital; Clinical Program Leader, Prostate and Urologic Cancers Program, Smilow Cancer Hospital
Biographical Info
Dr. Schulam joins Yale from the Ronald Reagan Medical Center at the University of California at Los Angeles, where he was vice chair of urology, chief of the division of endourology and minimally invasive surgery, and director of both the kidney stone treatment center and the surgical living kidney donor program. Dr. Schulam was also a professor of urology and founder and co-director of the Center for Advanced Surgical and Interventional Technology.
Dr. Schulam has longstanding clinical interests in adrenal disorders; bladder, prostate, and kidney cancer; donor nephrectomy; and kidney stones and kidney reconstruction; and he is nationally known for his expertise in minimally invasive surgery and laparoscopic techniques.
A native of New Haven, Dr. Schulam is a recipient of the Medical Scientist Training Program award and received his medical degree as well as his PhD in Immunology at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. He served as general surgical intern, surgical resident, and urology resident at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.
Education & Training
- Ph.D.
- Baylor College of Medicine in Houston
- Ph.D.
- Baylor College of Medicine (1990)
- M.D.
- Baylor College of Medicine (1992)
- General Surgery Intern
- Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, Surgery (1992 - 1993)
- Residency
- Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, Surgery (1994 - 1998)
- Urology Residency
- Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, Surgery
- Board Certification
- Urology, Board Certified (2009)
