MatthewBlumMD

Adult General Thoracic Surgery, Thoracic Surgical Oncology, Cardiovascular Surgery

Director of Thoracic Surgery

Overview of Dr. Blum

Dr. Matthew Blum is a thoracic surgeon in Colorado Springs, CO and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including University of Colorado Hospital, UCHealth Memorial Hospital, UCHealth Poudre Valley Hospital, and Penrose-St. Francis Health Services. He received his medical degree from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and has been in practice 25 years. Dr. Blum accepts several types of health insurance, listed below. He is one of 12 doctors at Penrose-St. Francis Health Services and one of 23 doctors at UCHealth Memorial Hospital who specialize in Thoracic Surgery. He has more than 30 publications and over 500 citings.

Office
525 N Foote Ave
Suite 302
Colorado Springs, CO 80909
Book by Phone+1(719) 745-2878

Fax+1 719-365-5530

Education & Training

McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern UniversityFellowship, Thoracic Surgery, 1999 - 2002
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 1993 - 1999
Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineInternship, Transitional Year, 1992 - 1993
Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineClass of 1992

Certifications & Licensure

UT State Medical License 1900 - Present
CO State Medical License 2010 - 2025
IL State Medical License 1999 - 2011
TN State Medical License 1995 - 1997
American Board of Surgery Surgery
American Board of Thoracic Surgery Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

19 citations
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Expert Consensus Statement: A Tool Kit to Assist Thoracic Surgeons Seeking Privileging to Use New Technology and Perform Advanced Proc...
Shanda H. Blackmon, David T. Cooke, Richard I. Whyte, Daniel L. Miller, Robert J. Cerfolio
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2016-03-01
34 citations
Clinical statement on the role of the surgeon and surgical issues relating to computed tomography screening programs for lung cancer.
Gaetano Rocco, Mark S. Allen, Nasser K. Altorki, Hisao Asamura, Matthew G. Blum
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2013-07-01
1015 citations
Treatment of stage I and II non-small cell lung cancer: Diagnosis and management of lung cancer, 3rd ed: American College of Chest Physicians evidence-based clinical p...
John A. Howington, Matthew G. Blum, Andrew C. Chang, Alex Balekian, Sudish C. Murthy
Chest. 2013-05-01

Press Mentions

Colorado Springs Top Doctors 2018October 9th, 2018
Top Docs 2016October 2nd, 2016

Professional Memberships

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - STS
Member
American College of Surgeons - ACS
Member
American College of Chest Physicians - ACCP
Member

Insurance Accepted

Aetna Choice POS II
Aetna HMO
Anthem PPO
BCBS Blue Card PPO
CIGNA Open Access
CIGNA PPO
Cofinity PPO
Great West PPO
Humana ChoiceCare Network PPO
Multiplan PHCS PPO
Multiplan PPO
United Healthcare - Direct Choice Plus POS
United Healthcare - Direct Options PPO
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