2024 Maimonides Evening
of Research

Dr. Ariel Schulman is a Urologic Oncologist and academic surgeon in Brooklyn, NY. He is Board Certified by the American Board of Urology and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Schulman completed his medical degree at the State University of New York – Stony Brook and his Urology residency at Maimonides Medical Center. He completed a fellowship in Endourology at Westchester Medical Center and a two-year Society of Urologic Oncology fellowship at Duke University Medical Center. 

His clinical practice encompasses all aspects of the diagnosis and management of Urologic Oncology (primarily kidney, bladder and prostate cancers) and other complex conditions including large kidney stones, severely enlarged prostate and acute urologic trauma. He believes that supporting patients with relevant medical information, time to make decisions and family engagement is critical to developing successful treatment plans. 

Dr. Schulman maintains an active research portfolio with a focus on urologic cancers and surgical innovation. He is widely published on prostate cancer including the emergence of multiparametric MRI for staging, changes in biopsy practices and the use of focal therapy modalities. He utilizes large data registries to assess emerging practices and the safety of surgical devices. Dr. Schulman served as senior author on a highly-cited manuscript highlighting previously unreported rectal complications associated with a novel spacer device used during prostate radiation. He has over 40 publications in Urology and serves as a scientific reviewer for multiple leading journals. Since 2019, he has served as a vice-chair of the Maimonides Institutional Review Board and a board member of the Maimonides Research and Development Foundation to support the research mission of the institution. 

Dr. Schulman’s greatest passion is training the next generation of urologists. He serves as residency site director at One Brooklyn Health – Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center supervising a weekly teaching clinic and overseeing the training environment. He also serves as Director of Urology Residency Research supporting the academic pursuits of residents, research fellows and medical students. Dr. Schulman believes that an annual project profoundly enhances each trainee’s growth and this effect becomes magnified across several years in a training program. He believes successful projects are data-driven, clinically relevant and guided by an experienced mentor. This approach has yielded wide recognition for the Maimonides Urology Residency in high-impact publications, national meetings and prestigious fellowships after graduation. His proudest accomplishment is being recognized by his trainees as the ‘Teacher of the Year’ in 2020 and 2023. 

Nationally, Dr. Schulman is the Chair-elect of the American Urological Association Video Education Committee and a member of the Education Council where he helps to guide and support educational initiatives for the broader urology community.