Hometown
Culver City, California

College
University of California, Riverside, BS Biology, 1987

Medical School
University of Iowa College of Medicine, MD, 1993

Residency Program
Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, UCLA

Fellowship: Location
University of California at Los Angeles

Fellowship: Area of Concentration
Laryngology, Voice Disorders and Bronchoesophagology

Board Certified
Otolaryngology, 2000

Year Appointed to Penn Faculty
2001

Other Faculty Appointments
Clinical Instructor, UCLA School of Medicine 1999-2001

Areas of Expertise
Laryngology
Voice disorders including professional voice
Head & neck cancer

Areas of Special Interest
Spasmodic dysphonia (including advanced surgical techniques)
Laryngotracheal stenosis
Minimally invasive surgery for laryngeal cancer (laser and partial laryngectomy)
Treatment of Parkinson's hypophonia and other neurologic voice disorders

Current Research Interests
Spasmodic dysphonia
Laryngeal biomechanics
Laryngeal reinnervation
Laryngeal transplantation

Positions Held in Major Societies (Past & Present)
Fellow, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Fellow, American College of Surgeons
American Medical Association
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
National Spasmodic Dysphonia Association
The Voice Foundation
Society of University Otolaryngologists
American Broncho-Esophageal Association
Philadelphia Laryngologic Society, Officer
Pennsylvania Academy of Otolaryngolgy/Head & Neck Surgery
Los Angeles Otolaryngology Society

National Scientific Committees:
American Academy of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery Foundation
Neurolaryngology Subcommittee
Geriatric Otolaryngology Committee
Young Physicians Committee
Patient of the Month Committee
National Spasmodic Dysphonia Association
Medical Advisory Board
University of Pennsylvania Institutional Review Board

Honors & Awards
Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Society
Travel Award, Western Section Meeting of the Triological Society
Most Outstanding Research Presentation, Paul H. Ward Society Meeting
Resident Teaching Award, UCLA Division of Head & Neck Surgery
Clinical Faculty Teaching Award, UCLA Division of Head & Neck Surgery (two years in a row)
Resident Research Award (co-author), American Laryngological Association

Recent Publications
Blumin JH, Pcolinsky DE, Atkins JA. Laryngeal Findings in Advanced Parkinson's Disease. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2004 113(4):253-8 .

Blumin JH. Adult with Intermittent Stridor. Patient of the Month Program:Otolaryngology. 2003 Dec; 33(4).

Chhetri DK, Blumin JH, Vinters HV, Berke GS. Histology of Nerves and Muscles in Adductor Spasmodic Dysphonia. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2003 Apr;112(4):334-41

Blumin JH, and Berke GS. Bilateral Vocal Fold Paresis and Multiple System Atrophy. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2002;128(12):1404-7.

Chhetri DK, Blumin JH, Shapiro NL, Berke GS. Office Based Treatment of Laryngeal Papillomatosis with Cidofovir. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2002;126(6):642-8.

Damrose EJ, Huang RY, Blumin JH, Blackwell KE, Sercarz JA, Berke GS. Lack of evoked electromyography potentials in patients with a clinical diagnosis of unilateral vocal cord paralysis. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 110(9):815-819, 2001.

Blumin JH, Golsorkhi AA, Feinberg GM, Berke GS. Pathology forum quiz case 2: Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the trachea. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 127(5):595-598, 2001.

Blumin JH, Berke GS, Sebastian JS, Keller GS, Revazova F. Vocal fold augmentation with cultured autologous fibroblasts. Biull Eksp Biol Med (Russian) 130(8):2-5, 2000.

Berke GS, Blumin JH. Spasmodic dysphonia: Therapeutic options. Curr Opin Otolaryngol 8(6):509-513, 2000.

Blumin JH, Ye M, Berke GS, Blackwell KE. Recovery of laryngeal sensation after superior laryngeal nerve anastomosis. Laryngoscope 109(10):1637-1641, 1999.