Dr. Schullinger
was educated at Princeton University and the College of Physicians
and Surgeons, Columbia University. Following two years in the
U.S. Navy he completed his surgical residency at the Columbia
Presbyterian Medical Center. In 1964 he was appointed as Instructor
in the Department of Surgery, Columbia University. He taught and
practiced general surgery until 1968 when he joined the full time
surgical staff at Babies Hospital (now Children’s Hospital
of New York). His interests in pediatric surgery were broad but
were especially focused on GI problems and childhood malignancies.
He retired in 1994 as Professor Emeritus of Clinical Surgery.
Dr. Schullinger serves on the Admissions Committee of the College
of Physicians and Surgeons, the P&S Alumni Council, and the
Columbia University Alumni Trustee Nominating Committee. He also
serves on the boards of several charitable organizations. With
Dr. Steven Stylianos he edits the Abstract Section of the Journal
of Pediatric Surgery. He is a charter member of the American
Pediatric Surgical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics,
and the American College of Surgeons and is boarded in both general
and pediatric surgery. A lectureship in Childhood Cancer was established
in his name in 1997 at the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center.
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