Background
SHULMAN, Lawrence was born on July 25, 1919 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of David Herman Shulman and Belle (Tishler) Shulman.
research administrator rheumatologist
SHULMAN, Lawrence was born on July 25, 1919 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of David Herman Shulman and Belle (Tishler) Shulman.
AB, Harvard University, 1941. Postgraduate, Harvard University, 1942. Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1945.
Doctor of Medicine, Yale University, 1949.
Intern Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1949-1950, resident and fellow in internal medicine, 1950-1953. Director connective tissue division Johns Hopkins University, 1955-1975, associate professor medicine, from 1964. Associate director division arthritis, musculoskeletal and skin diseases National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 1976-1986, director, 1982-1986, director National Institute Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, 1986-1994, director emeritus, 1994—2009, emissary for clinical research, 1995—2009.
Chairman medical administration committee Arthritis Foundation, Atlanta, 1974-1975, executive committee, 1972-1977. Director Lupus Foundation American. Medical advisory board United.
Scleroderma Foundation, Watsonville, California, 1977-1988. Chairman science group rheumatic diseases World Health Organization, 1989. W.R. Graham memorial lecturer, 1973.
Cochrane distinguished lecturer, 1993. Visiting professor Imperial College, London, 2002.
Diplomate National Board Medical Examiners.
Discoverer: Eosinophilic Fasciitis, 1974, new medical sign friction rubs in scleroderma, 1961.
Fellow American College of Physicians, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Rheumatism Association (president 1974-1975), Pan-American League Against Rheumatism (president 1982-1986, Morino Gold medal award 2002), Society Investigative Dermatology, American Society Bone Mineral Research.
Music, politics.
Married Pauline K. Flint, July 19, 1946. Married Reni Trudinger, March 20, 1959 (deceased 2000). Children: Kathryn Verena, Barbara Corina.
