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Melissa Blumberg

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Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics (Emergency Medicine)
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Department: Pediatrics
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Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware
31 1600 Rockland Rd
Wilmington, DE 19803
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13 Education:
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2a Lafayette College, 2014.
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4e Rutgers University Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 2019.
21 8 MPH 3a (Public Health, date of graduation - June 2025) c
51 Thomas Jefferson University College of Population Health, 2025.
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Selected Publications

c4 Blumberg MP, Strine AC, Vukovic AA: Hip Pain and Change in Gait in a 7-Year-Old Boy. Clin Pediatr 62(8): 956-959, Sep 2023.

f2 Blumberg MP, Gittelman MA, Pomerantz WJ: Pediatric outdoor recreational injuries, another hidden concern during the COVID-19 pandemic. Inj Epidemiol 10(1): 29, Jun 2023.

1a0 O’Brien, J. M., Salowe, R. J., Fertig, R., Salinas, J., Pistilli, M., Sankar, P. S., Miller-Ellis, E., Lehman A., Murphy W, Homsher, M., Gordon, K., Ying, G.: Family History in the Primary Open-Angle African American Glaucoma Genetics Study Cohort. American Journal of Ophthalmology 192(1): 239-247, Aug 2018 Notes: Maiden name - Homsher, M.

156 Homsher, M. P., Astor, M. T., Hines, J. K., & Butler, M. W: Immune challenges decrease biliverdin concentration in the spleen of northern Bobwhite quail, Colinus virginianus. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 188(3): 505-515, May 2018 Notes: Maiden name - Homsher, M.

230 Iswas, P, V. Ramana Murthy Chavali, G. Agnello, E. Stone, C. Chakarova, J. L. Duncan, C. Kannabiran, M. Homsher, S. S. Bhattacharya, M. Asif Naeem, A. Kimchi, D. Sharon, T. Iwata, S. Riazuddin, G. Bhanuprakash Reddy, J. Fielding Hejtmancik, G. Georgiou, S. Amer Riazuddin, and R. Ayyagari: A Missense Mutation In ASRGL1 is Involved in Causing Autosomal Recessive Retinal Degeneration Hum. Mol. Genet. Human Molecular Genetics 25(12): 2483-2497, Jun 2016 Notes: Maiden name - Homsher, M.

177 Butler, M. W., Karanfilian, B., Homsher, M., & McGraw, K. J: Carotenoid supplementation during adulthood, but not development, decreases testis size in mallards. Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Molecular & integrative physiology 166(3): 465-9, Nov 2013 Notes: Maiden name - Homsher, M.

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