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Robert Shulman, MD

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Director, Center for Pediatric Abdominal Pain Research; Professor at Baylor College of Medicine · Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital

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Region🇺🇸 Houston, TX · South Central · United StatesSpecialtyPediatric GastroenterologyFocusGastrointestinal motility and disorders+4
Active KOLFindMyKOL type: EliteLatest publication2026Online presenceverified 2026PaymentsNone reportedNIH funding1985–2023Why? →

Robert Shulman is Director, Center for Pediatric Abdominal Pain Research; Professor at Baylor College of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital. OpenAlex indexes 442 publications with 13,747 citations (h-index 55); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 6 registered studies with this person as an investigator. By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 5% of Pediatric Gastroenterology profiles in the FindMyKOL directory.

Data verified 4 Nov 2026

Overview

Updated 4 Nov 2026

Robert Shulman, MD, is Director, Center for Pediatric Abdominal Pain Research at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX. The public record shows 442 publications with 13,747 citations (h-index 55), centered on Gastrointestinal motility and disorders, Gut microbiota and health, Infant Nutrition and Health. It also documents an investigator role on 6 registered clinical trials, 10 NIH-funded awards (1985–2023).

  • Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · Neurogastroenterology and motility
  • Top research focus: Gastrointestinal motility and disorders
  • 6 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov

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Indications focus

from trials led + research topics
IBS / Functional GI4 trialsPain3 trialsAbdominal Pain3 trialsParesis1 trialGastroparesis1 trialGastrointestinal Diseases1 trialSomatoform Disorders1 trialESRD / DialysisType 2 DiabetesCystic FibrosisColorectal CancerIBD (Crohn's / UC)AsthmaGastroesophageal CancerCOVID-19CIDP / Inflammatory NeuropathyMigraine / HeadacheObesity

Research focus

OpenAlex concept fingerprint
Gastrointestinal motility and disordersGut microbiota and healthInfant Nutrition and HealthClinical Nutrition and GastroenterologyPediatric Pain Management Techniques

Works with

trial sponsors and companies reporting payments
Baylor College of MedicineClinical trials5Industry payments—Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthClinical trials1Industry payments—

Scholarship

indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)
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442publications

Publications indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID. 25 in PubMed. Counts exclude supporting files.

13,747citations

Citations across these publications.

55h-index

H-index from these publications. i10-index 183.

Clinical & industry

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6clinical trials

Investigator role on registered studies.

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0companies · 2021 onward

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10NIH grants · 1985–2023

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Clinical trials

Updated 4 Nov 2026

Listed as an investigator on 6 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:

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Industry payments

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NIH funding

Updated 4 Nov 2026

10 NIH research awards on record, funded 1985–2023 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:

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Congress activity

Updated 4 Nov 2026

62 congress contributions (2007–2026) across ACG, AGA, ASGE per OpenAlex. The most recent:

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Published abstracts are attributed via the same ORCID-disambiguated authorship as publications, so each is DOI-verified. Podium roles (invited talks, session chairs) and oral/poster type are added as program data is confirmed.

Publications

Updated 4 Nov 2026

Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.

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Most-cited works

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Network

Updated 4 Nov 2026

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Bruno Pedro Chumpitazi134Margaret McLean Heitkemper73Danita I. Czyzewski53Mariella Marie Self46Erica M. Weidler43Pankaj Jay Pasricha37Irene Sarosiek36Madhusudan Grover36Gianrico Farrugia36Henry P. Parkman35Richard W. McCallum35Braden Kuo35Kenneth L. Koch33Frank A. Hamilton30James A. Versalovic29Thomas L. Abell27Kevin C. Cain27Miranda A.L. van Tilburg26Laura A. Miriel25Samuel Nurko23Tor Savidge22Robert L. Burr19Ann R. McMeans19Rona L. Levy19Emily B. Hollister19Ruth Ann Luna18Kendra Kamp18James W. Varni18John M. Hollier17James Tonascia17James A. Tonascia16Monica E. Jarrett16Salma M. A. Musaad15Liz Febo‐Rodriguez14Mariella M. Lane14Laura Wilson14Katherine P. Yates14Miguel Saps13Richard J. Schanler13Sridevi Devaraj12

Online presence

Updated 4 Nov 2026

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    texaschildrens.org/find-a-provider/robert-jay-shulman-md

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    bcm.edu/research/research-centers/center-for-pediatric-abdominal-pain-research/center-members

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Background & recognition

Updated 4 Nov 2026

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Education

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Editorial & leadership roles

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  • Member

    American Gastroenterological Association

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  • Member

    American Neurogastroenterology and Motility Society

    provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →texaschildrens.org ↗
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    American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

    provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →texaschildrens.org ↗
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    North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

    provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →texaschildrens.org ↗

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