A 1999 publication by Kevin A. Schulman, MD, MBA, professor of medicine (General Internal Medicine), was recently selected as one of the 50 most influential papers of the last 50 years by the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics at The University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Schulman was a junior faculty member at Penn when the article, "The Effect of Race and Sex on Physicians' Recommendations for Cardiac Catheterization," was first published in The New England Journal of Medicine and received a great deal of attention.
"The paper itself became the subject of much discussion and controversy, which continues to this day," Schulman said.
The study tested whether or not visual variables, related to race and gender, influenced physicians in terms of treatment recommendations. "What we found was actually these visual variables did influence how we practice medicine," Schulman said.
Hear more about the study in the video below.
[video:https://vimeo.com/206475820]
Schulman is a renowned clinical researcher. His research interests include health services research and policy, including access to care and the impact of reimbursement and regulatory policies on clinical practice; health economics and economic evaluation in clinical research; and medical decision making, especially in patients with life-threatening conditions. He teaches courses in biotechnology, health policy, and health IT strategy.