Dean A. Blumberg, M.D.

Clinical/Research Interests

Dean A. Blumberg is Associate Professor and Chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases. His main areas of interest are preventing and treating childhood infections. His is involved in clinical vaccine research and childhood immunization policies. He is also head of Infection Control at Shriner's Hospital for Children Northern California.

Title:

Associate Professor

Specialty:

Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Center/Program Affiliation:

UC Davis Children's Hospital

Address:

Ticon II Building
2516 Stockton Blvd.
Sacramento, CA 95817

Phone:

(916) 734-7618

Education:

Chicago Medical School
Chicago, Illinois
M.D. 1984

UC Berkeley
Berkeley, California
B.A. 1980

Internships:

Massachusettes General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
1984-85

Residency:

Massachusettes General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
1985-87

Fellowships:

University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
1987-90

Board Certifications:

American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 1994
American Board of Pediatrics, 1989

Professional Memberships:

American Academy of Pediatrics
American Society for Microbiology
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Infectious Diseases Society of American
Pediatric Infectious Disease Society
Society for Hospital Epidemiology of America

Select Recent Publications:

Kapetanovic S, Wiegand RE, Dominguez K, Blumberg D, Bohannon B, Wheeling J, Rustein R, and the legacy Constorium. Associations of Medically Documented Psychiatric Diagnoses and Risky Health Behaviors in Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy-Experienced Perinatally HIV-Infected Youth. Aids Patient Care and STDs. 2011;25X,:1-10.

Hendrickson DJ, Blumberg DA, Joad JP, Jhawar S, McDonald RJ. Five-fold increase in pediatric parapneumonic empyema since introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2008;27:1030-1 032.

Sejvar JJ, Kohl KS, Bilynsky R, Blumberg D, Cvetkovich T, Galama J, Gidudu J, Katikaneni L, Khuri-Bulos N, Oleske J, Tapiainen T, Wiznitzer M. Encephalitis, myelitis, and acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM): Case definitions and guidelines for collection, analysis, and presentation of immunization safety data. Vaccine 2007;24:5771-5792.

Taylor Z, Butani L, Blumberg DA, Cowan M, Wara D. Index of suspicion (case report). Pediatr Rev 2006;27:463, 464-466.

Wong DM, Blumberg DA, Lowe LG. Guidelines for the use of antibiotics in acute upper respiratory tract infections. Am Family Physician 2006;74:956-966.

To see if Dean A. Blumberg is accepting new patients, or for assistance finding a UC Davis doctor, please call (800) 2-UC DAVIS.