Heidi K Blume, MD, MPH

Professional History

Board Certified:

Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neu
Pediatrics

Medical/Professional School:

Harvard Medical School, Boston
University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Epidemiology

Residency:

University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Child Neurology
University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Pediatrics

Clinical Interests:

General child neurology, epidemiology

Research Focus Area:

Neuroscience / Neurodevelopment
Epidemiology
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

Description of Research:

My primary research interests involve the epidemiology of childhood neurological diseases, and childhood headaches.

Key Publications:

Blume HK, Li CI, Loch CM, Koepsell TD. Intrapartum fever and chorioamnionitis as risks for encephalopathy in term newborns: a case?control study. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology 2008, 50: 19?24

Blume HK, Loch CM, Li CI. Neonatal Encephalopathy and Socioeconomic Status: A Population-Based Case-Control Study. Arch. Ped. and Adol. Medicine 2007; 161(7):663-8.

Zerr DM, Blume HK, Berg AT, Del Beccaro MA, Gospe SM Jr, Allpress AL, Christakis DA. Nonfebrile illness seizures: a unique seizure category? Epilepsia 2005; 46:952-5.

Wren RE, Blume HK, Mazariegos M, Solomons N, Alvarez JO, Goran MI. Body composition, resting metabolic rate and energy requirements of short- and normal-stature, low-income Guatemalan children. Am. J of Clin. Nutr. 1997; 66(2):406-12.

Jensen FE, Blume H, Alvarado S, Firkusny I, Geary C. NBQX blocks acute and late epileptogenic effects of perinatal hypoxia. Epilepsia. 1995; 36(10):966-72.

Jensen FE, Holmes GL, Lombroso CT, Blume H, Firkusny IR. Age dependent changes in long term seizure susceptibility in adulthood in rats. Epilepsia, 1992; 33(6):971-801

Honors & Awards:

2007: Scholarship, American Headache Society