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Overview

Sam Schulman is affiliated with McMaster University in Canada and focuses primarily in the field of Medicine, with substantial contributions in internal medicine, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, surgery, hematology, and infectious diseases.

Their research centers around several main topics, including:

  • Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management
  • Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
  • Blood Coagulation and Thrombosis Mechanisms
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Diagnosis and Treatment of Venous Diseases
  • Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Acute Myocardial Infarction Research

Schulman has contributed to multiple scientific venues, frequently publishing in:

  • Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis
  • Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis
  • Thrombosis and Haemostasis
  • Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis
  • Blood

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Schulman demonstrate involvement in key clinical and guideline-based research reviews such as:

  • "COVID-19 and Thrombotic or Thromboembolic Disease: Implications for Prevention, Antithrombotic Therapy, and Follow-Up" (2020) published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • "2024 ESC Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation developed in collaboration with the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS)" (2024) published in European Heart Journal
  • "American Society of Hematology 2020 Guidelines for Management of Venous Thromboembolism: Treatment of Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism" (2020) published in Blood Advances
  • "2022 Guideline for the Management of Patients With Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage: A Guideline From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association" (2022) published in Stroke
  • "Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis" (2025) published in Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis

Frequent collaborators in their work include researchers such as Alex C. Spyropoulos, Susan R. Kahn, James D. Douketis, Walter Ageno, and Grégoire Le Gal.

Best Publications

  • Prevention of VTE in Nonsurgical Patients: Antithrombotic Therapy and Prevention of Thrombosis, 9th ed: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines

    Yngve Falck-Ytter;Charles W. Francis;Norman A. Johanson;Catherine Curley

  • Definition of major bleeding in clinical investigations of antihemostatic medicinal products in surgical patients.

    S. Schulman;U. Angerås;D. Bergqvist;B. Eriksson

  • Dabigatran versus warfarin in the treatment of acute venous thromboembolism

    Sam Schulman;Clive Kearon;Ajay K. Kakkar;Patrick Mismetti

  • COVID-19 and Thrombotic or Thromboembolic Disease: Implications for Prevention, Antithrombotic Therapy, and Follow-up

    Behnood Bikdeli;Mahesh V. Madhavan;David Jimenez;Taylor Chuich

  • Prevention of VTE in Orthopedic Surgery Patients

    Yngve Falck-Ytter;Charles W. Francis;Norman A. Johanson;Catherine Curley

  • Evidence-Based Management of Anticoagulant Therapy: Antithrombotic Therapy and Prevention of Thrombosis, 9th ed: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines

    Anne Holbrook;Sam Schulman;Daniel M. Witt;Per Olav Vandvik

  • Extended Use of Dabigatran, Warfarin, or Placebo in Venous Thromboembolism

    Sam Schulman;Clive Kearon;Ajay K. Kakkar;Sebastian Schellong

  • A Comparison of Six Weeks With Six Months of Oral Anticoagulant Therapy After a First Episode of Venous Thromboembolism

    Sam Schulman;Ann-Sofie Rhedin;Per Lindmarker;Anders Carlsson

  • Antithrombotic Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation: Antithrombotic Therapy and Prevention of Thrombosis, 9th ed: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines

    John J. You;Daniel E. Singer;Patricia A. Howard;Deirdre A. Lane

  • Treatment and prevention of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia: Antithrombotic Therapy and Prevention of Thrombosis, 9th ed: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines.

    Lori-Ann Linkins;Antonio L. Dans;Lisa K. Moores;Robert Bona

  • Definition of clinically relevant non-major bleeding in studies of anticoagulants in atrial fibrillation and venous thromboembolic disease in non-surgical patients: communication from the SSC of the ISTH

    S Kaatz;D Ahmad;A C Spyropoulos;S Schulman

  • Perioperative Bridging Anticoagulation in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

    Abstr Act;James D. Douketis;Alex C. Spyropoulos;Scott Kaatz

  • Treatment of Acute Venous Thromboembolism With Dabigatran or Warfarin and Pooled Analysis

    Sam Schulman;Ajay K. Kakkar;Samuel Z. Goldhaber;Sebastian Schellong

  • Hemorrhagic Complications of Anticoagulant and Thrombolytic Treatment: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines (8th Edition)

    Sam Schulman;Rebecca J. Beyth;Clive Kearon;Mark N. Levine

  • American Society of Hematology 2020 guidelines for management of venous thromboembolism: treatment of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism.

    Thomas L. Ortel;Ignacio Neumann;Walter Ageno;Rebecca Beyth;Rebecca Beyth

  • Increased fetal loss in women with heritable thrombophilia

    FE Preston;FR Rosendaal;ID Walker;E Briët

  • Direct oral anticoagulants compared with vitamin K antagonists for acute venous thromboembolism: evidence from phase 3 trials.

    Nick van Es;Michiel Coppens;Sam Schulman;Saskia Middeldorp

  • The duration of oral anticoagulant therapy after a second episode of venous thromboembolism

    S Schulman;S Granqvist;M Holmström;A Carlsson

  • Hemorrhagic Complications of Anticoagulant Treatment: The Seventh ACCP Conference on Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy

    Mark N. Levine;Gary Raskob;Rebecca J. Beyth;Clive Kearon

  • INCREASED FETAL LOSS IN WOMEN WITH HERITABLE THROMBOPHILIA

    F. E. Preston;F. R. Rosendaal;I. D. Walker;E. Briet

Frequent Co-Authors

Clive Kearon
Clive Kearon McMaster University
James D. Douketis
James D. Douketis McMaster University
Samuel Z. Goldhaber
Samuel Z. Goldhaber Brigham and Women's Hospital
John W. Eikelboom
John W. Eikelboom Population Health Research Institute
Walter Ageno
Walter Ageno University of Insubria
Mark Crowther
Mark Crowther McMaster University
Frederick A. Spencer
Frederick A. Spencer McMaster University
Susan R. Kahn
Susan R. Kahn McGill University
Ajay K. Kakkar
Ajay K. Kakkar University College London
Jeffrey S. Ginsberg
Jeffrey S. Ginsberg McMaster University

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