Nathan Blum, M.D.

Children's Seashore House of The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
3550 Market Street
Third Floor; Room 3033B
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4388
 
Phone: 215-590-7681
Email: [email protected]
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Last Updated: February 15, 2022

 

Leadership: LEND Director
Primary Activity Coordinators: Training Director
Discipline Coordinators: Pediatrics: Developmental/Neonatology
Project/Program/Clinic Contacts: ADHD Clinic
 
Discipline(s): Medicine-Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics
 
AUCD Council Membership: No Council Membership

Vita/Bio

 

NAME

Nathan J. Blum, M.D.

POSITION TITLE

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

EDUCATION/TRAINING  (Begin with baccalaureate or other initial professional education, such as nursing, and include postdoctoral training.)

INSTITUTION AND LOCATION

DEGREE

(if applicable)

YEAR(s)

FIELD OF STUDY

Bowdoin College, ME

AB

1984

Biochemistry

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, MD

MD

1988

Medicine

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Residency

Pediatrics

1988-91

Pediatrics

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Fellowship

Dev-Beh Peds

1991-94

Developmental-Behavioral Peds

 

A.      Positions and Honors.

2003-present Director, Section of Behavioral Pediatrics, Division of Child Development, Rehabilitation, and Metabolic Disease, Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

2000-present    Medical Editor, Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics Board Examination, American Board of Pediatrics

1994-present   Society for Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics

1998-2003       Chairman, Communication Committee; Program Director, Program Committee

1994-2003       Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Division of Child Development and Rehabilitation, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Division of Child Development and Rehabilitation, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia           

 

B.     Selected peer-reviewed publications (in chronological order). Do not include publications submitted or in preparation.

 

Blum NJ, Mauk JE, McComas JJ, Mace FC. Separate and Combined Effects of Methylphenidate and a Behavioral Intervention on Disruptive Behavior in Children with Mental Retardation. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis 1996;29:305-319.

 

Power TJ, Blum NJ, Jones SM, Kaplan PS. Brief Report: Responsiveness to Methylphenidate in Two Children with Williams Syndrome. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 1997;27:79-87.

 

Meyer GA, Blum NJ, Hitchcock W, Fortina P. Absence of the Fragile X CGG Trinucleotide Repeat Expansion in Females Diagnosed with a Pervasive Developmental Disorder. Journal of Pediatrics 1998; 133:363-365.

 

Power TJ, Heathfield LT, McGoey KE, Blum NJ. Managing and Preventing Chronic Health Problems in Children and Youth: School Psychology's Expanded Mission. School Psychology Review 1999;28:251-263.

 

Mace FC, Blum NJ, Sierp B, Delaney B, Mauk, JE. Behavioral Versus Pharmacologic Treatment of Operant Self-Injury. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics 2001;22:85-91.

 

Blum NJ, Taubman B, Nemeth N. Why is Toilet Training Occurring at Older Ages? A Study of Factors Associated with Later Training. Journal of Pediatrics 2004;145:107-111.

 

Blum NJ, Taubman B, Nemeth N. During Toilet Training Constipation Occurs Prior to Stool Toileting Refusal. Pediatrics 2004;113e:520-522. http://www.pediatrics/.org/cgi/content/full/113/6/e520.

 

C.     Research Support.

T77MC00012                    07/01-7/06 Training in Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. Maternal and Child Health - Role: Principal Investigator

 

T73MC00051       0701-7/06   Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities

Maternal and Child Health - Role: Principal Investigator