Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology
Breast Cancer, Sarcoma
Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT), Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT), Image-Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT), Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy, Ultra Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy, Re-irradiation, Brachytherapy, Oligometastatic treatment
The practice of radiation oncology requires more than designating a preset course of treatment for some well-defined diagnosis. The need for an individualized approach, the requirement that our patients agree to a treatment plan that may take weeks to complete, the obligation to set realistic and particularized goals, all of these mean that the relationship between physician and patient must assume the form of a partnership. The basis of any partnership is trust, which for a true partnership must be earned. I strive to earn the trust of my patients by offering them the benefits of cutting-edge technology, and no less importantly, by offering an attentive ear and unwavering emotional support. I am guided by the belief that my personal success can be measured by the capacity of my patients to take on the challenges of a serious illness with faith in their own strength and resilience.
Combining biological discoveries, including our expanding knowledge of inflammatory and immune cellular mechanisms, with the innovative techniques of precision radiotherapy to devise effective cancer treatments
1. Shulman RM, Weinberg DS, Ross EA, et al. Adverse Events Reported by Patients With Cancer After Administration of a 2-Dose mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2022;20(2):160-166. doi:10.6004/jnccn.2021.7113. PubMed PMID: 35130494
2. Shulman RM, Meyer JE. Current Trends in the Treatment of Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer: Where We Are and How We Got Here. Curr Colorectal Cancer Rep 17, 88–102 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11888-021-00471-w
3. Shulman RM, Galloway TJ. A Hard Case to Swallow: Multiple Primary Cancers With Multiple Possible Answers in the Setting of Solid Organ Transplantation. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 2022;112(3):584-585. doi:10.1016/j.ijrobp.2021.11.004
4. Shulman RM, Meyer JM. Current Trends in the Treatment of Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer. ASCO Daily News, January 2021.
5. Shulman RM, Meyer JE. Patterns of Failure and Need for Biliary Intervention in Resected Biliary Tract Cancers after Chemoradiation. Ann Surg Oncol. 2020. PMID: 32804323.
6. Shulman RM, Meyer JE, Li T, Howell KJ. External beam radiation therapy (EBRT) for asymptomatic bone metastases in patients with solid tumors reduces the risk of skeletal-related events (SREs). Ann Palliat Med. 2019 Apr;8(2):159-67. PMID: 30525770.
7. Shulman RM. and Abbas, A.E. The state of the art and future directions of robotic-assisted thoracic surgery. Ind J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018; 34: 40–46.
1. Shulman RM. The Basest of the Senses: Medical Unease with the Sense of Smell. Hektoen International Journal. Volume 10, Issue 2 – 2018 Spring.
2. Shulman RM. Colorblindness and Its Illuminations. Pharos Journal of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Med Soc. 2017 Autumn.
3. Bell K., Yohay Bloom Y, Carlaw K, Dascanio G, Ebrahim A., Gipperich A, Hamilton E, Huntington G, Ly J, Mayo E, Rotem-Green M, Shulman RM, Stosik D, Tinawi G, Vinegrad N. (2017). Acquiring Clinical Modesty. In H. Otten, G. Bergmann, D. Nease (Ed.), The Student, the Patient, and the Illness: Ascona Balint Award Essays 2017 (pp. 150-157). Hamburg: Psychosozial Verlag.
4. Shulman RM. (2018). Acquiring clinical modesty. The International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, 53(1–2), 92–97.
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