Jennifer Blake, MD, FAAP, a Pediatric Cardiologist with Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Get to know Pediatric Cardiologist Dr. Jennifer Blake, who serves patients in Detroit, Michigan.
An excellent pediatric cardiologist, Dr. Blake is on staff at Children’s Hospital of Michigan in Detroit, where she was awarded Physician Difference Maker recognition.
Some of the conditions that she treats include congenital heart disease, heart valve disease, cancer, fractures, mental health disorders, circulatory system disease, myocarditis & cardiomyopathy, arrhythmia, chest pain, and congenital anomalies.
Locally, Dr. Blake is affiliated with the following hospitals and medical centers: Henry Ford Medical Center – Second Avenue, Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital, DMC Hutzel Women’s Hospital, DMC Detroit Receiving Hospital, DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital, and DMC Harper University Hospital.
Holding an academic appointment, she serves as an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Central Michigan University School of Medicine.
Pertaining to her educational pursuits, Dr. Blake graduated with her medical degree from the John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Medical School in 2002. She then went on to perform her residency in pediatrics at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston in 2005.
Furthering her training, she performed fellowships in pediatric cardiology at the University of Texas Health Science Center-Houston and Detroit Medical Center/Children’s Hospital of Michigan in 2007 and 2010, respectively.
Recognized as a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (FAAP), the doctor is board-certified in pediatrics and pediatric cardiology by the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP). The mission of the ABP is to advance child health by certifying pediatricians who meet standards of excellence and are committed to continuous learning and improvement.
Among her other professional affiliations, Dr. Blake is a member of the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association, the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation, and the International Pediatric Transplant Association.
Her areas of research / scholarship focus include noninvasive assessment of rejection in heart transplant / strain and other modalities of ventricular function assessment in cardiomyopathy.
Pediatrics is the branch of medicine that involves the medical care of infants, children, and adolescents, while cardiology is a branch of medicine that deals with the disorders of the heart as well as some parts of the circulatory system. Pediatric cardiologists specialize in diagnosing and treating heart problems in children. In those children who might need heart surgery, pediatric cardiologists work closely with pediatric heart surgeons to determine the best treatments and interventions.
Learn More about Dr. Jennifer Blake:
Through her findatopdoc profile, https://www.findatopdoc.com/doctor/1608793-Jennifer-Blake-Cardiologist-Pediatric or through Children’s Hospital of Michigan, https://www.childrensdmc.org/find-a-doctor/detail/jennifer-blake-1891952370
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