Frederick C. Blum, MD, FACEP, FAAP

Professor

Organization:

West Virginia University School of Medicine

Department:

Emergency Medicine

Classification:

Clinical Faculty

Undergraduate: West Virginia University

Medical School: West Virginia University School of Medicine

Residency: Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, West Virginia University School of Medicine

Fellowship: ACEP Teaching Fellowship

Board Certification: American Board of Emergency Medicine, American Board of Emergency Medicine, Pediatric Emergency Medicine,  American Board of Pediatrics, American Board of Internal Medicine

Professional Societies/Leadership positions:

American College of Emergency Physicians:  National President—2005-2006, Immediate Past President 2006-2007, Board of Directors 1997-2007

West Virginia Chapter ACEP: Board of Directors—1986-1998, President 1992

International Federation of Emergency Medicine: President 2008, Executive Committee 2007-2012,  American Diabetes Association, Camp Kno-Koma: Board of Directors and Medical Director 1991-2015

Awards/Honors:

Alpha Omega Alpha

Outstanding Teaching Faculty WVU Department of Emergency Medicine 1996 and 2012

Lifetime Achievement Award WV ACEP 2004

Hero of Emergency Medicine, ACEP 40^th Anniversary Celebration 2008

John G. Wiegenstein MD Leadership Award, ACEP 2011

Representative publications:

Asplin B, Blum FC, Broida RI, et al, American College of Emergency Physicians Task Force on Boarding.  Emergency Department Crowding: High Impact Solutions.  Dallas, TX: American College of Emergency Physicians; 2008.  (monograph)

Counselman FL, Marco CA, Patrick VC, McKenzieD, Monch L, Blum FC et al.  A Study of the Workforce in Emergency Medicine 2007. Am J Emerg Med 2009 Jul:27(6): 691-700

“Fever in the Adult Patient”  Rosen’s Textbook of Emergency Medicine 8th ed,  2013

“Doctor, We Have No Saline Today”:  The Curious Case of the Generic Injectable Drug Shortage, Acad Emerg Med. 2014 Jun;21(6):699-700.  (Invited Commentary)

Professional interests: Emergency Medicine Policy and Advocacy, Emergency Medicine Education,  Environmental Medicine, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Snakebite,  History of Medicine, Trauma, Stroke.

Personal interests: Photography, Oil Painting, Writing, History, Archery, Hiking, Music, Cooking, Appalachian culture and history, Sports in general, WVU sports above all.

Dr. Frederick C (Rick) Blum, MD, FACEP, FAAP, FIFEM grew up in Triadelphia WV in the northern panhandle. He has a bachelor’s degree in Biology  from West Virginia University,and MD degree from WVU  School of Medicine. He established the Internal Medicine and Pediatrics combined residency at WVU in 1981 and completed that residency in 1985. He has been a member of the faculty in Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics at West Virginia University School of Medicine since 1985.    He has practiced clinical emergency medicine and pediatric emergency medicine for the last 31 years. Dr. Blum helped to establish the Department of Emergency Medicine at WVU and the Emergency Medicine Residency training program. Dr Blum is board certified in Emergency Medicine, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, and Pediatrics.

He is a Past President of the American College of Emergency Physicians. He is also a Past President and Secretary General of the International Federation of Emergency Medicine.  Dr. Blum has served on the National Commission for the Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA), which is the national certifying body for the PA profession.   He has dedicated the last 31 years to providing excellent emergency care to the citizens of WV in the Emergency Department at Ruby Memorial Hospital and to educating medical students and residents in the WVU School of Medicine. His research interests include, pediatric emergency medicine, environmental medicine, trauma and stroke

Dr Blum is married with two adult boys and one grandchild. He is an avid photographer, artist and archer and enjoys music, history, and cooking.  For the past three decades, Dr Blum has been the medical director for the state diabetes camp for children. He travels and lectures widely around the US and the world.

Medical Specialties

• Emergency Medicine
• Pediatric Emergency Medicine
• Pediatrics