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WITH A CAREER SPANNING OVER 40 YE ARS, PHILIP SCHULMAN, MD, FACP, BRINGS HIS VA ST KNOWLEDGE OF HEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY, A S WELL A S HIS DEDICATION TO PATIENT CARE AND RESE ARCH, TO NE W YORK CANCER & BLOOD SPECIALISTS. New York Cancer & Blood Specialists Welcomes Philip Schulman, MD, FACP DR . SCHULM A N, A boa rd-cer ti f ied physicia n i n i nter na l medicine, hematolog y a nd oncolog y, ha s come f u l l circle to work w it h New York Ca ncer & Blood Specia l ist s. He w i l l focus on enha ncing the hematolog ic ma lig na ncies prog ra m a nd enga g ing in resea rch ef for ts to prov ide new treatment options to patients. "The care provided at New York Cancer & Blood Specia lists is in line with my understa nding of how to ta ke ca re of patients," says Dr. Schulma n. Their mutua l, g uiding philosophy centers on prioritizing the needs of patients over a ll other considerations. " That goa l necessitates a ver y specif ic a nd focused view," Dr. Schulma n says. " Treatment has to be evidence-based a nd the most appropriate therapy a patient ca n receive. It ca n't be related to a ny other focus besides ta king ca re of the patient in the best possible way." In keeping with this view, Dr. Schulman has built out multiple prog ra ms that cater to loca l patients throughout his ca reer. PUTTING PATIENTS FIRST After receiving his medical degree at Upstate Medical University and completing his first year of fellowship at Memorial Sloan- Kettering Cancer Center, Dr. Schulman transferred to North Shore University Hospital, where he completed his fellowship and helped develop the division of oncology, along with the oncology fellowship program. "I gravitated toward hematological malignancies," Dr. Schulman says. "At the time, many patients from Long Island were traveling to the city for leukemia care, so I talked to the heads of the division to see if we could start o€ering leukemia services locally." Philip Schulman, MD, FACP BY JOSH GARCIA 2 2❱❱❱❱❱ P H Y S I C I A N S P O T L I G H T 2 2