David Shulkin

David Shulkin fascinates me because he managed something almost impossible in modern American politics, serving both the Obama and Trump administrations on the strength of competence rather than partisanship. A physician first, he carried the unglamorous, low-reward burden of fixing veterans' healthcare, a cause that wins few votes but matters enormously. I respect leaders who treat public service as an extension of their professional ethics rather than ambition. He was eventually caught in Washington's turbulence, as principled outsiders often are, but I prefer to remember him as a doctor who never forgot his actual patients while standing in the political arena.

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Name (English)

David Shulkin

Name (Japanese)

デービッド・シュルキン

Reading

でーびっど・しゅるきん

Born

July 22, 1959 (age 67)

Origin

Philip H. Sheridan Reserve Center, Illinois, United States

Occupation

physician / official

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Boar

University

Hampshire College

• Official sitehttp://www.drshulkin.com
• Xhttps://x.com/SecShulkin
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Shulkin
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%83%BC%E3%83%93%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5239766

Tags

• Illinois
• physician
• official

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.