Matthew Blattner MD

Education

Boston College Carroll School of Management, BS – Management, Magna Cum Laude, May 2001-2005
Tufts University Post-Baccalaureate, Pre-Medical Program, 2009-2010
Boston University School of Medicine, MD, Cum Laude, 2010-2014
Internship & Residency, Neurology Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, 2014-2018
Fellowship, Clinical Neurophysiology, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, 2018-2019

Biography

Dr. Blattner graduated from Boston College (magna cum laude) in 2005 and worked for a software company for three years before deciding to pursue a career in medicine. He attended the Tufts University post-baccalaureate pre-medical program and attended the Boston University School of Medicine on a 4 year Army Health Professions Scholarship. Upon completion of his medical degree in 2014, he was directly commissioned as a Captain in the United States Army and finished his internship and residency in Neurology at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. He then completed a one year fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

He was assigned to Tripler Army Medical Center in 2019 and initiated a clinical clerkship in Neurology for the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences. He is currently the Neurology Clerkship Site Director and Neurology Clinic Chief at Tripler Army Medical Center.

Representative Bibliography

Ian Grasso, Matthew Blattner, Tyler Short, John Downs. “Severe Systemic Lead Toxicity Resulting From Extra-Articular Retained Shrapnel Presenting as Jaundice and Hepatitis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.” Military Medicine. 2017 Mar;182(3):e1843-e1848

Matthew Blattner, James Price, Matthew D. Holtkamp. “Can being Married Save the Healthcare System Money? A Retrospective Analysis of Stroke Cost and Outcomes in US Military Health Care System.” International Stroke Conference 2017, Houston, TX.

James Price DO, Matthew Blattner MD, Matthew D. Holtkamp DO. “Does Race or Socioeconomic Class Matter in Socialized Medicine? A Retrospective Analysis of Stroke Cost and Outcomes in US Military Health Care System. International Stroke Conference 2017, Houston, TX.

Michael D. Perloff, Matthew R. Blattner, Danielle C. Spengler & Carlos S. Kase (2018) Urgent neurological symptoms and urine toxicology, an outcomes study, Journal of Substance Use, 23:2, 211-213, DOI: 10.1080/14659891.2017.1378745

Matthew Blattner, James Price and Matthew D. Holtkamp. “Socioeconomic class and universal healthcare: Analysis of stroke cost and outcomes in US military healthcare” J Neurol Sci. 2018 Mar 15;386:64-68. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2018.01.018.

Aaron Daley, Ajal Dave, Matthew Blattner, Kendra Cagniart, Matthew Holtkamp. Chronic mTBI: Who is at Risk, A Retrospective Analysis of mTBI Patients Presenting to the TBI Clinic at a Large Military Base (P6.304) Neurology Apr 2018, 90 (15 Supplement) P6.304

Sarah E Kinsley, Stephen D Fernicola, Marvin E Dingle, Milfred S Williams, Jody M Richardson, Dennis Taylor, Jaira F de Vasconcellos, Timothy R Malone, Matthew R Blattner, Jonathan K Smith, Alli Oliver, Amory L Koch, Laura E Riddle, Cara Reiter, William E Culp, Edward J Caterson, Leon J Nesti, Simon G Talbot. A Yorkshire swine (Sus scrofa domesticus) model for nerve regeneration and ischemia based on the sciatic nerve and femoral artery. Ann Anat. 2021 Jan;233:151587. doi: 10.1016/j.aanat.2020.151587. Epub

Alvin C Yiu, MC, USA, Ali Hussain, MC, USA, Uzoagu A Okonkwo, MD, PhD, Rachel Villacorta-Lyew, MC, USA, Michael J McMahon, MC, USA, Matthew Blattner, MC, USA. Guillain–Barre Syndrome Associated With COVID-19 Pneumonia—The First Documented Case in a U.S. Military Intensive Care Unit. Military Medicine, usab158, https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usab158 Published: 21 April 2021