(518523) Bryanshumaker = 2006 SV Bryan Shumaker (b. 1949) is a urologist who helped design a dye-sensing device to treat cancer. As an accomplished and enthusiastic amateur astronomer, he has taken a leading role in the development of outreach programs in northern Michigan, particularly at the Headlands International Dark Sky Park there.
A complete set of naming citations of the numbered minor planets is available in the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, edited by Lutz Schmadel.