| UROLOGY MAIN SITE | GEN. ADULT UROLOGY | UROLOGIC ONCOLOGY | MALE UROLOGY | TRANSPLANT PROGRAM | |
| PELVIC MEDICINE, INCONTINENCE & RECONST. SURGERY | PEDIATRIC UROLOGY | MIN. INVASIVE SURGERY | |||
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Peter Schulam, MD
a Curriculum Vitae
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| Educational Background | |
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| Undergraduate: | B.S. - Union College, Schenectady, New York Wellcome Institute of Medicine London, England University of Uppsala Uppsala, Sweden |
| Medical School: | M.D. - Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas Ph.D.- Immunology - Baylor College of Medicine |
| Residency: | Urology Residency General Surgical Intern and Junior-Assistant Resident Johns Hopkins Medical Center, Baltimore Maryland |
| Board Certifications & Fellowships: |
Board Certified, American Board of Urology |
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| Endourology and Laparoscopy |
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| American Urological Association Endourological Society American Association of Clinical Uroloists Scientific Advisor, Society of Engineering, American Urological Association Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention |
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| Chief, Division of Endourology and Minimally Invasive Surgery Associate Professor of Urology, UCLA Dept of Urology 2001 1998 - Assistant Chief of Service Department of Urology, Johns Hopkins Hospital 1997 - Assistant Professor, Director of Endourology and Genitourinary Laparoscopy Scott Department of Urology, Baylor College of Medicine 1998 - Deputy Director, Minimally Invasive Surgery Center Baylor College of Medicine and The Methodist Hospital 2000 - Chief, Division of Endourology and Laparoscopy Department of Urology, UCLA School of Medicine 2001 - Associate Professor Department of Urology, UCLA School of Medicine 2001 - Chief Division ofEndourology and Laparoscopy Department of Urology, UCLA School of Medicine 2001 - Director, Clark Urological Center, UCLA School of Medicine 2002 - Vice Chairman Department of Urology, UCLA School of Medicine |
| Research & Clinical Interests | |
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| Developing novel biological sensors, instruments, and surgical techniques to be employed in minimally invasive surgery. The effects minimally invasive surgery has on a patient's immunological status and quality of life. |
| Awards & Honors | |
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| 2000 - Baylor College of Medicine Resident Award, Faculty of the Year 1998 - Nominated - Computerworld Smithsonian Award 1997 - First Place, American Urological Assn Video Award 1996 - Third Place, American Urological Assn Video Award 1995 - Research Award - US Surgical |
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| Philosophy of Care: | To intervene the least. Less is more. |
| Why I entered Medicine: | I enjoy being involved in the cutting edge of technology. |
Additional Information |
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Presentations/Invited Lectures
1. Three-Dimensional Imaging. 16th World Congress on Endourology and SWL. New York, NY, 1998
2. Novel Approaches to Upper Tract Stones. 6th Innovations in Urologic Practice. September 24-26, 1998
3. Laparoscopic Retroperitoneal Lymphadenectomy. 6th Innovations in Urologic Practice. September 24- 1998
4. Percutaneous Nephrostolithotomy. In-Service OR Nurses, Veterans Affairs Hospital, Houston, Texas. 1999
5. AUA Advanced Laparoscopy Course. Crowne-Plaza Hotel, Houston, Texas,
Publications
1. Schulam, P.G.: 5-Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic Acid and Platelet-Activating Factor as Additional Membram Derived Messengers Associated with Signal Transduction in the B Cell. (Ph.D. Dissertation), Houston, Texas, Baylor College of Medicine, 135 pp., 1990.
2. Schulam, P.G. and Shearer, W.T.: Evidence for 5-Lipoxygenase Activity in Human B Cell Lines: A Possible Role for Arachidonic Acid Metabolites During B Cell Signal Transduction. J. Immunology, 144:2696-2701,1990.
3. Schulam, P.G., Putcha, G., Franklin-Johnson, J. and Shearer, W.T.: Evidence for a Platelet-Activating Factor Receptor on Human Lymphoblastoid B Cells: Activation of the Phosphatidylinositol C and Induction of Calcium Mobilization. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 166:1047-1052, 1990.
4. Schulam, P.G., Kuruvilla, A., Putcha, G., Mangus, L., Franklin-Johnson, J. and Shearer, W.T.: Platelet-Activating Factor Induces Phospholipid Turnover, Calcium Flux, Arachidonic Acid Liberation, Eicosano Generation, and Oncogene Expression in a Human B Cell Line. J. Immunology, 146:1642-1648, 1991.
5. Gilliam, E.B., Schulam, P.G., Whelan, J.P., Rosenblatt, H.M. and Shearer, W.T.: Phorbol Ester Plus
Calcium lonophore Induces Release of Arachidonic Acid from Membrane Phospholipids of a Human B ( Line. Cell. ImmunoL, 136:41-53,1991.
6. Adams, J.B., Schulam, P.G., Moore, R.G., Partin, A.W. and Kavoussi, L.R.: New Laparoscopic Suturin Device: Initial Clinical Experience. Urol., 46:242-245,1995.
7. Schulam, P.G., Kavoussi, L.R., Cherifl, A.D., Averch, T., Montgomery, R., Moore, R.G. and Ratner, L.] Laparoscopic Live Donor Nephrectomy: The Initial Three Cases. J. Urol., 155:1857-59, 1996.
8. Theil, R., Adams, J.B., Schulam, P.G., Moore, R.G. and Kavoussi, L.R.: Venous Dissection Injuries dm Laparoscopic Urologic Surgery. J. Urol., 155:1874-76,1996.
9. Schulam, P.G. and Kavoussi, L.R.: Letter to the Editor, Re: Dorsal Adrenalectomy: Benchmark for Laparoscopy. J. Urol., 154:1652-54, 1996.
10. Ratner, L.E., Kavoussi, L.R., Sroka, M., Hiller, J., Weber, R., Schulam, P.G. and Montgomery, R.:
Laparoscopic Live Donor Nephrectomy: a comparison with the open approach. Transplantation, 63:229-:
1997.
11. Moore, R.G., Averch, T.M., Schulam, P.G., Adams, J.B., Chen, R. and Kavoussi, L.R.: Laparoscopic Pyeloplasty: Experience with the initial 30 cases. J. Urol., 157:459-62,1997.
