Gerald I. Shulman, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.C.E

G. R. Cowgill Professor of Medicine
Section of Endocrinology & Metabolism

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.

Research Interests

Dr. Shulman's laboratory is applying non invasive magnetic resonance spectrosopy techniques to examine the pathogenesis of insulin resistance that occurs in patients with type 2 diabetes, lipodystrophy, obesity and the metabolic syndrome.

Education:

B.S., (biophysics with High Honors and Distinction) University of Michigan, 1974 M.D., Ph.D. (physiology), Wayne State University, 1979

Training:

Research Fellow: Vanderbilt University, Diabetes, 1977 Residency: Duke University, Medicine, 1979-1981 Visiting Fellow: Yale University, Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry, 1983-1986 Research Fellow: Harvard Medical School, Endocrinology & Metabolism, 1981-1984 Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School (endocrinology/metabolism), 1981-1984 Postdoctoral Fellow: Yale University, Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry, 1984

Contact

Campus Address
Department of Internal Medicine
Section of Endocrinology
Yale University
School of Medicine
PO Box 9812
New Haven, CT
06536-8012

E-mail
gerald.shulman@yale.edu

Telephone
203.785.5447

Fax
203.737.4059