Home town: Palo Alto, California
Interests/Hobbies: Cooking, Traveling with my wife, Sculpture, Cycling, Movies, Furniture design and restoration, Reading
EDUCATION
Undergraduate: University of San Francisco
Medical School: Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
Internship: General Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Residency: Orthopedic Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
RESEARCH INTEREST
Pediatric spine deformity
Pediatric orthopaedic surgery
Diagnosis of early complications following spine surgery
Cell signaling and pharmacological modulation of immune response to infection
AWARDS/ GRANTS
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society - Gamma Chapter 2014
Dean's List Junior/Senior Continuum, 2012, 2014
Dean's Research Scholars Research Fellowship 2012-2013
Meira and Shaul G. Massry Foundation Fellow 2012
PUBLICATIONS
Blumstein GW, Andras L, Seehausen DA, Harris BS, Ross PA, Skaggs DL. 72% of Spine Fusion Patients Have Postoperative Fevers, But this Does not Equate to Infection.
Journal of Pediatrics, March 2015, Vol 166, Issue 3, 751-755.
Blumstein GW, Parsa A, Park AK, McDowell BLP, Arroyo-Mendoza M, Girguis M, Adler-Moore JP, Buckley NE. Effect of Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol on Mouse Resistance to
Systemic Candida albicans Infection. PLoS ONE 9(7): e103288 July 2014.
La Rosa C, Limaye AP, Krishnan A, Blumstein G, Diamond DJ. Primary response against cytomegalovirus during antiviral prophylaxis with valganciclovir, in solid organ
transplant recipients. Transplant International Sep; 24(9):920-31, 2011
PRESENTATIONS
Blumstein G, Wren T, Rethlefsen S, Kay R. Prevalence of Specific Gait Abnormalities in Children With Cerebral Palsy: Influence of Age, Gender, and GMFCS score. Gait
and Clinical Movement Analysis Society Conference annual meeting, Portland, Oregon, March 2015
Blumstein G, Andras L, Seehausen DA, Harris L, Ross PA, Skaggs DL. Seventy Two Percent of Spine Fusion Patients Have Postoperative Fevers, but the Fevers are not
Clinically Relevant. International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques annual meeting, Valencia, Spain, July 2014
Blumstein G, Seehausen DA, Ross PA, Skaggs DL. Tranexamic Acid and Intrathecal Morphine: Reducing Transfusion Requirements in Neuromuscular/Syndromic Posterior Spinal
Fusion, Scoliosis Research Society annual meeting, Lyon, France, September 2013
POSTERS
Blumstein G, Andras L, Seehausen DA, Harris L, Ross PA, Skaggs DL. 72% Of Spine Fusions Have Postoperative Fevers, But This Does Not Correlate to Infection or Clinical
Problems. Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America annual meeting, Hollywood, California, May 2014
Blumstein G, Andras L, Seehausen DA, Ross PA, Skaggs DL. Tranexamic Acid and Intrathecal Morphine Synergistically Reduce Transfusion Rate in Posterior Spinal Fusion for
Scoliosis. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery annual meeting, Orlando, Florida, March 2014
Blumstein G, Seehausen DA, Ross PA, Skaggs DL. Non-Idiopathic Scoliosis Patients: Tranexamic Acid And Transfusion Requirements In Posterior Spinal Fusion Patients
Receiving Intrathecal Morphine. Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America annual meeting, Toronto, Ontario, May 2013
Blumstein G, Adler-Moore JP, Buckley NE. Effects of Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol pre-treatment on acute systemic candidiasis and acquired immune response in mice.
International Cannabinoid Research Society annual meeting, Aviemore, Scotland June 2008
Blumstein G, Adler-Moore JP, Buckley NE. The Effects of Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol on Candida albicans Infection is Female Swill Webster mice. International
Cannabinoid Research Society annual meeting, Saint Sauveur, Quebec, June 2007
