Neil B. Shulman

Shulman graduated from Emory University School of Medicine in 1971, after which he began teaching at the same institution. He has conducted research and published a variety of papers on the field of hypertension, funded at the level of around $8 million by the National Institutes of Health.

In 1986 Shulman co-founded the International Society of Hypertension in Blacks (ISHIB) together with Wilbur Dallas Hall and Elijah Sanders. Through its annual research conference, this society brings the latest approaches to cardiovascular disease prevention and treatment to health care professionals in the West and the Third World.{{cite web |url= http://www.ishib.org/AI_history.asp |title=History: About ISHIB |year=2010 |publisher=International Society on Hypertension in Blacks |accessdate=18 August 2011}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W0nw5KTJJygC&dq=neil+b.+shulman&pg=PA399 |page=399 |title= African Americans in Science: An Encyclopedia of People and Progress |last=Carey |first=Charles W. Jr.|date=October 2008 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-85109-998-6}} Shulman also helped launch ISHIB's peer-reviewed quarterly journal, Ethnicity & Disease,{{cite web |url=http://www.ishib.org/ED_index.asp |title=Ethnicity & Disease Journal |year=2010 |publisher= International Society on Hypertension in Blacks |accessdate=18 August 2011}} and the Heart to Heart Program which brought children from developing countries to the United States for life-saving heart surgery.

Shulman was chairman of the board of Patch Adams’ Gesundheit! Institute, and an advisory board member of Global H.E.E.D., a non-profit organization founded by former students of Emory University, Zain Ahmed '08C and Sonny Bandyopadhyay '07C to promote development, medicine, and public health in Guatemala.{{cite web |url= http://globalheed.org/?page_id=46 |title=Board of Advisors |publisher=Global H.E.E.D. |accessdate=18 August 2011}}

Shulman was a patient advocate who took an active role on behalf of healthcare consumers and patients with limited access to care.Poole, Sheila: "[http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/grady-dialysis-patients-to-149207.html Grady dialysis patients to get care for 3 months]," Atlanta Journal Constitution, September 28, 2009, accessed at ajc.com on October 19, 2011. Shulman founded the Medical Volunteerism Conference in 2010 which met at Emory University with over 2,000 international attendants in that year.[http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2010/03/emory-co-hosts-medical-volunteerism-conference.htm "News Release: Emory Co-Hosts Medical Volunteerism Conference"], Atlanta Journal Constitution, April 2, 2010, accessed at ajc.com October 19, 2011. In 2011 the summit was held again, this time called the Global Health and Humanitarian Summit.Poole, Sheila M.: "[http://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb/health-and-humanitarian-summit-893526.html "Glorbal Health and Humanitarian Summit at Emory"], March 31, 2011, accessed October 19, 2011. He played an active role on behalf of patients affected by the closing of the dialysis clinic at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, GA, which ultimately led to a favourable outcome for the affected patients. He was a key contributor to the 2013 Global Health and Humanitarian Summit.{{cite web |url= http://ghhsummit2013.blogspot.com/|accessdate=13 April 2013|title=2013 Global Health and Humanitarian Summit VIDEOS}} held at Emory University on April 12, 2013 – April 14, 2013.

Shulman authored and co-authored many books on medical topics, as well as consumer medical primers for adults and children, and children's books. He self-published children's and humour books through his own company, Rx Humor.

In 1991 his book What? Dead…Again? was made into a feature film called Doc Hollywood, starring Michael J. Fox; Shulman was an associate producer on the film. He also produced, co-directed, co-wrote and co-starred in the independent feature film Who Nose? (Wet Sock Productions, 2006).

In 1999 he developed his book Your Body’s Red Light Warning Signals: Medical tips that may save your life into an interactive consumer website (www.redlightwarningsignals.com). In 2007 he developed his children's book What’s in a Doctor’s Bag? into an interactive website (www.whatsinadoctorsbag.com).

Shulman was also a comic performer on the subjects of humour and medical literacy. He often performed in fundraisers for free clinics and other charitable ventures.{{cite web |url=http://www.med.emory.edu/faculty/profile_bio.cfm?id=3612 |title= Neil Shulman, M.D., Associate Professor, Medicine |year=2011 |accessdate=18 August 2011 |publisher=Emory University}}

Shulman married actress Zoe Haugo in October 2008. They had one son, Miles, born September 2006.{{cite web |url= https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0795743/bio |title=Biography for Neil B. Shulman |publisher=Internet Movie Database |year=2011 |accessdate=18 August 2011}}

Neil B. Shulman died on November 6, 2023, at the age of 78.{{cite news |last1=Barkey |first1=Hilary |title=‘One of a kind’ retired Associate Professor Neil Shulman dies at 78 |url=https://emorywheel.com/one-of-a-kind-retired-associate-professor-neil-shulman-dies-at-78/ |access-date=10 December 2023 |publisher=The Emory Wheel |date=9 December 2023}}{{cite web |title=Neil Shulman Obituary |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/washingtonpost/name/neil-shulman-obituary?id=53540433 |website=Legacy |access-date=10 December 2023}}

• {{cite book|title=Hypertension in Blacks: Epidemiology, pathophysiology and treatment |year=1985 |isbn=0-8151-4095-9|last1=Hall |first1=Wilbur Dallas }} (with W. Dallas Hall and Elijah Saunders)
• {{cite book |title=Three Medical Experts Tell You What You Want to Know About High Blood Pressure}} (with Elijah Sanders and W. Dallas Hall)
• {{cite book |title=What? Dead…Again? |publisher=Rx Humor |year=1979 |isbn=0-9639002-2-6}}
• {{cite book |title=Understanding Growth Hormone: New Discoveries to Help Very Short Children...Are They Also a Fountain of Youth? |date=January 1993 |publisher=Hippocrene Books |isbn=0-7818-0071-4}} (with Letitia Sweitzer)
• {{cite book |title=Finally: I'm a Doctor |date=May 1993 |publisher=Rx Humor |isbn=0-938289-32-2 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/finallyimdoctor0000shul }}
• {{cite book |title=Better Health Care for Less |date=July 1993 |publisher=Hippocrene Books |isbn=0-7818-0122-2 |url=https://archive.org/details/betterhealthcare00shul }} (with Letitia Sweitzer)
• {{cite book |title=High Blood Pressure: A Handbook for Survival |publisher=Dell Publishing |isbn=5-556-00514-1 |date=September 1993}}
• {{cite book |title=The Backyard Tribe |date=March 1994 |publisher=St. Martin's Press |isbn=0-312-10513-4}}
• {{cite book |title=What's in a Doctor's Bag? |date=October 1994 |publisher=Rx Humor |isbn=0-9639002-3-4}} (with Sibley Fleming)
• {{cite book |title=Under the Backyard Sky |date=May 1995 |publisher=Rx Humor |isbn=1-56145-093-6}} (with Sibley Fleming)
• {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q0FSH6CNG_EC&q=neil+b.+shulman |title=Let's Play Doctor: Unlocking the Mysteries of the Physical Exam |publisher=Rx Humor |year=1995 |isbn=0-945019-61-0}} (with Edmond Moses and Daniel Adame)
• {{cite book |title=Second Wind |date=August 1995 |publisher=Rx Humor |isbn=0-9639002-6-9 |url=https://archive.org/details/secondwind00shul }} (with P. K. Beville)
• {{cite book|title=The Germ Patrol: A book for all ages about shots for tots…and big kids, too! |date=April 1998 |isbn=0-9639002-8-5 |publisher=Rx Humor}} (with Todd Stolp and Robin Voss)
• {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eOLsPQAACAAJ&q=neil+b.+shulman |title=101 Ways to Know If You're a Nurse |year=1998 |publisher=Rx Humor |isbn=1-892157-00-4}} (with Kristin Anlage)
• {{cite book |title=Your Body's Red Light Warning Signs: Medical Tips That May Save Your Life |date=April 1999 |publisher=Dell Publishing |isbn=0-440-23461-1 |url=https://archive.org/details/yourbodysredligh00shul }}
• {{cite book |title=The Black Man's Guide to Good Health: Essential Advice for the Special Concerns of African-American Men |publisher=Hilton Pub. |year=2001}} (with James W. Reed and Charlene Shucker)
• {{cite book |title=Healthy Transitions: A Woman's Guide to Perimenopause, Menopause, & Beyond |date=February 2004 |publisher=Prometheus Books |isbn=1-59102-150-2 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781591021506 }} (with Edmund S. Kim)
• {{cite book |title=Your Body, Your Health: How to Ask Questions, Find Answers, and Work With Your Doctor |date=September 2002 |publisher=Prometheus Books |isbn=1-59102-012-3}} (with Rowena Sobczyk)
• {{cite book |title=Spotless |year=2004 |publisher=Rx Humor}}
• {{cite book |title=The Great Face Off |publisher=Rx Humor |year=2005}} (with Allison Anderson)
• {{cite book |title=The Real Origins of Doc Hollywood|publisher=AuthorHouse |date=May 2007 |isbn=978-1-4259-8860-9 }}
• {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NJwtfrKBjN8C&dq=rx+humor&pg=PR20 |title=Get Between the Covers: Leave a Legacy by Writing a Book |publisher=Morgan James Publishing |year=2008 |isbn=978-1-60037-315-2}} (with Eric Spencer)
• {{cite book |title=The Real Truth About Aging: A Survival Guide for Older Adults and Caregivers |publisher=Prometheus Books |date=June 2009 |isbn=978-1-59102-719-5 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/realtruthaboutag0000shul }} (with Michael Silverman and Adam G. Golden)

• {{cite journal|title=Correlates of attendance and compliance in the hypertension detection and follow-up program |journal=Controlled Clinical Trials|volume=3 |issue=1 |date=March 1982 |pages=13–27|doi=10.1016/0197-2456(82)90016-2 |last1=Shulman|first1=Neil|last2=Cutter|first2=Gary|last3=Daugherty|first3=Robert|last4=Sexton|first4=Mary|last5=Pauk|first5=George|last6=Taylor|first6=Mary Jordan|last7=Tyler|first7=Myra|pmid=7067470}} (with Gary Cutter, Robert Daugherty, Mary Sexton, George Pauk, Mary Jordan Taylor and Myra Tyler)
• {{cite journal|url=http://ajph.aphapublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/76/9/1105|title=Financial Cost as an Obstacle to Hypertension Therapy|journal=American Journal of Public Health |volume=76 |issue=9 |pages=1105–1108 |year=1986 |doi=10.2105/AJPH.76.9.1105|pmid=3740334|pmc=1646559|last1=Shulman|first1=N. B.|last2=Martinez|first2=B.|last3=Brogan|first3=D.|last4=Carr|first4=A. A.|last5=Miles|first5=C. G.}} (with B. Martinez, D. Brogan, A. A. Carr, and C. G. Miles)
• {{cite journal|journal=Circulation |year=1987 |publisher=American Heart Association |url=http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/75/2/340.short|title=The association of postural changes in systolic blood pressure and mortality in persons with hypertension: The Hypertension Detection and Follow-up Program experience |doi=10.1161/01.cir.75.2.340 |pmid=3802437 |volume=75 |issue=2 |pages=340–346|last1=Davis |first1=B. R. |last2=Langford |first2=H. G. |last3=Blaufox |first3=M. D. |last4=Curb |first4=J. D. |last5=Polk |first5=B. F. |last6=Shulman |first6=N. B. |doi-access=free }} (with Barry R. Davis, Herbert G. Langford, M. Donald Blaufox, J. David Curb, and B. Frank Polk)
• {{cite journal|pmc=2625639 |title=Treatment of hypertension in black patients with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors |journal=Journal of the National Medical Association |volume=80 |issue=3 |year=1988|pages=265–272 |pmid=3280812|last1=Shulman |first1=N. B. }}
• {{cite journal|url=http://ajph.aphapublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/76/9/1105|title=Blood Pressure and End-Stage Renal Disease in Men |journal=New England Journal of Medicine |date=4 January 1996 |volume=334 |pages=13–18 |doi=10.1056/nejm199601043340103 |pmid=7494564 |last1=Klag |first1=Michael J. |last2=Whelton |first2=Paul K. |last3=Randall |first3=Bryan L. |last4=Neaton |first4=James D. |last5=Brancati |first5=Frederick L. |last6=Ford |first6=Charles E. |last7=Shulman |first7=Neil B. |last8=Stamler |first8=Jeremiah |issue=1 |doi-access=free }} (with Michael J. Klag, Paul K. Whelton, Bryan L. Randall, James D. Neaton, Frederick L. Brancati, Charles E. Ford, and Jeremiah Stamler)

• [https://books.google.com/books?id=UwpsAAAAMAAJ&q=neil+b.+shulman&dq=neil+b.+shulman&hl=en "Medical Regimen Adherence and Appointment Compliance"] in Hypertension management: Clinical practice and therapeutic dilemmas, Gary L. Wolman and Wilbur Dallas Hall, eds. 1988: Year Book Medical Publishers, pp. 398–405. {{ISBN|0-8151-4075-4}}.

{{Reflist}}

• [http://www.neilshulman.com/ Personal website]
• [http://www.redlightwarningsignals.com/ "Your Body's Warning Signs" website]
• [http://www.whatsinadoctorsbag.com/ "What's in a Doctor's Bag?" interactive website]
• [https://patents.google.com/patent/US5373668 U.S. Patent 5,373,668: Cottage with removable roof by Neil B. Shulman et al.]
• [https://patents.google.com/patent/US7004507 U.S. Patent 7,004,507: Combined poster book system and method by Neil Barnett Shulman]

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