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Anne J. Blaschke, MD, PhD, FAAP, FPIDS, FIDSA

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Dr. Blaschke completed her medical degree at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. She completed her pediatric residency and fellowship in pediatric infectious diseases at the University of Utah and Primary Children’s Hospital. She is currently an Associate Professor in the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at the University of Utah. Dr. Blaschke´s clinical interests include general infectious diseases and serious bacterial infections including pneumococcal and staphylococcal infection, as well as antibiotic-resistant organisms. Dr. Blaschke´s research interests include the development of rapid diagnostic testing to improve the management of bacterial and viral infections in children, and investigation of bacterial factors that lead to severe invasive infection.

Clinical Locations

Eccles Primary Children’s Outpatient Services Building

801-213-3599

81 N Mario Capecchi Drive
Salt Lake City, UT  84113
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Specialties

  • Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Pediatrics - Professor
Academic Divisions Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Board Certification American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)
American Board of Pediatrics (Sub: Pediatric Infectious Diseases)

Dr. Blaschke completed her medical degree at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. She completed her pediatric residency and fellowship in pediatric infectious diseases at the University of Utah and Primary Children’s Hospital. She is currently an Associate Professor in the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at the University of Utah. Dr. Blaschke´s clinical interests include general infectious diseases and serious bacterial infections including pneumococcal and staphylococcal infection, as well as antibiotic-resistant organisms. Dr. Blaschke´s research interests include the development of rapid diagnostic testing to improve the management of bacterial and viral infections in children, and investigation of bacterial factors that lead to severe invasive infection.

Academic Locations

Williams Building

801-587-7418

295 Chipeta Way
Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Salt Lake City, UT  84108

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Pediatrics - Professor
Academic Divisions Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Board Certification American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)
American Board of Pediatrics (Sub: Pediatric Infectious Diseases)

Research Interests

  • Infectious Disease
  • Pediatrics
  • Molecular Diagnostics

Education History

Fellowship University of Utah School of Medicine
Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Fellow
Fellowship Boston Medical Center
Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Fellow
Residency University of Utah School of Medicine
Pediatrics
Resident
Internship University of Utah School of Medicine
Pediatrics
Intern
Professional Medical University of California - San Diego School of Medicine
Medicine
M.D.
Doctoral Training University of California - San Diego
Biology
Ph.D.
Undergraduate Brown University
Biology
A.B.

Selected Publications - Journal Articles

Journal Article

  1. Lipsett SC, Hall M, Ambroggio L, Hersh AL, Shah SS, Brogan TV, Gerber JS, Williams DJ, Grijalva CG, Blaschke AJ, Neuman MI (2020). Antibiotic Choice and Clinical Outcomes in Ambulatory Children with Community-Acquired Pneumonia. J Pediatr, 229, 207-215.e1.
  2. Crandall H, Christiansen J, Varghese AA, Russon A, Korgenski EK, Bengtson EK, Dickey M, Killpack J, Knackstedt ED, Daly JA, Ampofo K, Pavia AT, Blaschke AJ (2019). Clinical and Molecular Epidemiology of Invasive Haemophilus influenzae Serotype a Infections in Utah Children. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc, 9(6), 650-655.
  3. Crandall H, Kapusta A, Killpack J, Heyrend C, Nilsson K, Dickey M, Daly JA, Ampofo K, Pavia AT, Mulvey MA, Yandell M, Hulten KG, Blaschke AJ (2020). Clinical and molecular epidemiology of invasive Staphylococcus aureus infection in Utah children; continued dominance of MSSA over MRSA. PLoS ONE, 15(9), e0238991.
  4. Gladstone RA, Lo SW, Goater R, Yeats C, Taylor B, Hadfield J, Lees JA, Croucher NJ, van Tonder AJ, Bentley LJ, Quah FX, Blaschke AJ, Pershing NL, Byington CL, Balaji V, Hryniewicz W, Sigauque B, Ravikumar KL, Almeida SCG, Ochoa TJ, Ho PL, du Plessis M, Ndlangisa KM, Cornick JE, Kwambana-Adams B, Benisty R, Nzenze SA, Madhi SA, Hawkins PA, Pollard AJ, Everett DB, Antonio M, Dagan R, Klugman KP, von Gottberg A, Metcalf BJ, Li Y, Beall BW, McGee L, Breiman RF, Aanensen DM, Bentley SD, The Global Pneumococcal Sequencing Consortium (2020). Visualizing variation within Global Pneumococcal Sequence Clusters (GPSCs) and country population snapshots to contextualize pneumococcal isolates. Microb Genom, 6(5).
  5. Meyers L, Dien Bard J, Galvin B, Nawrocki J, Niesters HGM, Stellrecht KA, St George K, Daly JA, Blaschke AJ, Robinson C, Wang H, Cook CV, Hassan F, Dominguez SR, Pretty K, Naccache S, Olin KE, Althouse BM, Jones JD, Ginocchio CC, Poritz MA, Leber A, Selvarangan R (2020). Enterovirus D68 outbreak detection through a syndromic disease epidemiology network. J Clin Virol, 124, 104262.
  6. Blaschke AJ, McKevitt M, Ampofo K, Lewis T, Chai H, Guo Y, Dorsch J, Vanderhoof E, Rosen P, Freimann V, Korgenski EK, Toback S, Chien JW (2018). Midturbinate Swabs Are Comparable to Nasopharyngeal Swabs for Quantitative Detection of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Infants. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc, 8(6), 554-558.
  7. Lipsett SC, Hall M, Ambroggio L, Desai S, Shah SS, Brogan TV, Hersh AL, Williams DJ, Grijalva CG, Gerber JS, Blaschke AJ, Neuman MI (2019). Predictors of Bacteremia in Children Hospitalized With Community-Acquired Pneumonia. Hospital Pediatrics, 9(10), 770-778.
  8. Delgado-Corcoran C, Blaschke AJ, Ou Z, Presson AP, Burch PT, Pribble CG, Menon SC (2018). Respiratory Testing and Hospital Outcomes in Asymptomatic Infants Undergoing Heart Surgery. Pediatr Cardiol, 40(2), 339-348.
  9. Blaschke AJ (2018). Association of bacterial coinfections in febrile infants with viral infections. J Pediatr, 204, 320-323.
  10. Blaschke AJ, Holmberg KM, Daly JA, Leber AL, Dien Bard J, Korgenski EK, Bourzac KM, Kanack KJ (2018). Retrospective Evaluation of Infants Aged 1 to 60 Days with Residual Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Tested Using the FilmArray Meningitis/Encephalitis (ME) Panel. J Clin Microbiol, 56(7).
  11. Schlaberg R, Ampofo K, Tardif KD, Stockmann C, Simmon KE, Hymas W, Flygare S, Kennedy B, Blaschke A, Eilbeck K, Yandell M, McCullers JA, Williams DJ, Edwards K, Arnold SR, Bramley A, Jain S, Pavia AT (2017). Human Bocavirus Capsid Messenger RNA Detection in Children With Pneumonia. J Infect Dis, 216(6), 688-696.
  12. Flygare S, Simmon K, Miller C, Qiao Y, Kennedy B, Di Sera T, Graf EH, Tardif KD, Kapusta A, Rynearson S, Stockmann C, Queen K, Tong S, Voelkerding KV, Blaschke A, Byington CL, Jain S, Pavia A, Ampofo K, Eilbeck K, Marth G, Yandell M, Schlaberg R (2016). Taxonomer: an interactive metagenomics analysis portal for universal pathogen detection and host mRNA expression profiling. Genome Biology, 17(1), 111.
  13. Petti CA, Simmon KE, Bender J, Blaschke A, Webster KA, Conneely MF, Schreckenberger PC, Origitano TC, Challapalli M (2008). Culture-Negative intracerebral abscesses in children and adolescents from Streptococcus anginosus group infection: a case series. Clin Infect Dis, 46(10), 1578-80.

Video/Film/CD/Web/Podcast

  1. Blashke, AJ (2018). Interviewed regarding Pediatrics 2018 publication about rhinovirus detection in febrile infants [Podcast]. Pediatrics Review and Perspectives (Peds RAP); 10,000 monthly listeners (CME)Taped Interview by Solomon Behar, MD (UCLA) and Ilene Claudius (USC).
  2. Blaschke AJ (2018). Interviewed regarding Pediatrics 2018 publication about rhinovirus detection in febrile infants [Podcast]. Doctor Radio, SiriusXM, Channel 110; Live Interview with Host Mikhail Kazachkov, MD (NYU). Available: www.siriusxm.com/doctorradio.

Patent

  1. Poritz MA, Blaschke AJ, Inventors (2017). University of Utah/Idaho Technology, Inc., assignee. Organism Identification Panel. Related continuation application 15/660,609 filed 7/26/2017. U.S. Patent No. US 9,758,820 B2. Washington, D.C.:U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
  2. Blaschke AJ, Poritz MA, Inventors (2015). University of Utah/Idaho Technology, Inc., assignee. Rapid Epidemiologic Typing of Bacteria. U.S. Patent No. US 9,200,329 B2. Washington, D.C.:U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
  3. Blaschke AJ (2012). Invention Disclosure U-5466, Methods to Concentrate Organisms from Clinical Specimens for Molecular Detection, submitted, University of Utah.
  4. Blaschke AJ (2009). Invention Disclosures U-4224 (Bacterial Identification by Nested Multiplex PCR of Multiple Conserved Genes), U-4422 (Clinical Applications of the FilmArray) and U-4467 (Rapid Epidemiologic Typing of Bacteria) Licensed to Idaho Technology/BioFire Diagnostics, LLC. U.S. Patent No. 12/467,654. Washington, D.C.:U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
  5. Anne Jeannette Blaschke-Bonkowsky, Mark Aaron Poritz (2008). Organism Identification Panel. U.S. Patent No. WO 2008/1220022. Washington, D.C.:U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

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