ABOUT DR. BLUM

Dr. Diana Blum is a board certified Neurologist who, before starting her private practice, was a shareholder-physician at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF) where she consistently received the highest patient satisfaction scores among all neurologists across PAMF regions.  Dr. Blum’s current practice focuses on the diagnosis and chronic management of Parkinson's Disease patients. She is a recipient of both the Patient’s Choice Award and Most Compassionate Doctor Award.

Dr. Blum graduated Summa Cum Laude from UC Davis, earned her MD at the University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine and completed her neurology residency at Stanford University.  When not practicing clinical medicine, Dr. Blum is a fierce patient and physician advocate, defending Hippocratic Oath medicine and the sanctity of the doctor-patient relationship through education and activism.

PUBLICATIONS

· Byl, N., Henry, R., Rizzo, R., Blum, D. Is the times up and go (TUG) sensitive to differentiating patients with mild to moderate PD compared to age matched controls: a descriptive pilot study. Int Phys Med Rehab J. 2018;3(2):148‒156  

· Lewin, M.R., Blum, D.P. No evidence of neuroprotection? Perhaps not perhaps so. Parkinsonism and Rel Disord, 20 (2014), 1037.

· D. Blum, J. Maldonado, E. Meyer, M. Lansberg. Delirium Following Abrupt Discontinuation of Fluoxetine Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, 2008, 110 (1). 69-70. 

·  E. Rogalski, D. Blum, A. Rademaker, S. Weintraub. Incidental Learning of Pictures and Words in Primary Progressive Aphasia, Neuropsychologia 45 (2007) 368-377.

·  D. Blum, A. Yonelinas, T. Luks, D. Newitt, J. Oh, Y, Lu, S. Nelson, D. Goodkin, D. Pelletier. Dissociating Perceptual and Conceptual Implicit Memory in Multiple Sclerosis Patients. Brain and Cognition, 2002, (50). 51-61.

·  D.Blum & A. Yonelinas. Transfer Across Modality in Perceptual Implicit Memory. Psychonomic Bulletin, 2001, 8(1). 147-154.

·  T. Luks, D. Goodkin, S. Nelson, S. Majumdar, P. Bacchetti, D. Portnoy, R. Sloan. A Longitudinal Study of Ventricular Volume in Early Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis. Multiple Sclerosis, 2000, 6(5). 332-337.

PRESENTATIONS

2015   UCSF Research Symposium Retraining Movement Dysfunction: Translating Current Science to Practice

2011   Palo Alto Medical Foundation Grand Rounds: Non-Motor Symptoms in Parkinson’s Disease

2011   Palo Alto Medical Foundation Community Service Lecture Series: Common Headache Disorders: Overview on How to Manage Migraine and Tension Headaches

2008   Stanford University Grand Rounds: Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Timing & Preoperative Management

2007   Stanford University Grand Rounds: Spinal Cord Capillary Hemangioma Presenting as Paraparesis

2005   21st International Conference of Alzheimer's Disease, (poster). Recognition Memory and Primary Progressive Aphasia

2004   University of Chicago Senior Scientific Symposium, (oral). Differences in Learning Words and Pictures in Primary Progressive Aphasia Patients

2000   Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, (poster). Perceptual & Conceptual Implicit Memory in Multiple Sclerosis Patients.

2000   International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Meeting, (poster). Characterization of Tissue in Multiple Sclerosis Using Diffusion Tensor Imaging.

1998   Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, (poster). Memory for Emotionally Arousing Words.