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Christopher Blewett, MD

Contact Information:
Office Phone: 601-984-5050
Office Fax: 601-815-3734
Biography:

Dr. Blewett is originally from Detroit, Michigan. Following medical school, Dr. Blewett completed an internship, residency and research fellowship at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, PA. He completed a clinical fellowship in pediatric surgery at the Children's Hospital of Alabama in Birmingham, AL and served as an Associate Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics at the Texas tech University Health Sciences Center in Lubbock, TX. His research interests are Fetal Wound Healing, Fetal Lung Development and Minimally Invasive Surgery. Dr. Blewett has been at UMC since 2007.

Education:
MD - Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA - 1990
BS - Westminster College, New Wilmington, PA - 1986
Memberships:

American Medical Association
Alpha Omega Alpha, Medical Honor Society
Wound Healing Society
American College of Surgeons
The Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
International Pediatric Endosurgery Group (IPEG)
Association for Academic Surgery
Southeastern Surgical Congress
American Academy of Pediatrics