- Dr. Walter B Blum, MD
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Dr. Walter B Blum, MD
General Surgery - South Carolina, Dillon
Overview
Dr. Walter B Blum, MD works in Dillon, South Carolina is a specialist in General Surgery and graduated New York University School Of Medicine in 1968. Dr. Blum is affiliated with McLeod Medical Center - Darlington, McLeod Regional Medical Center and practicing for 55 years
Specialties
- General Surgery
Conditions
• Acupuncture Meridian Therapy• Arthritic Metacarpophalangeal (MCP) Joints
• Aspiration Pneumonia
• Cervical Spine Reconstruction
• Charcot Reconstruction
• Collapsed Lung (Pneumothorax)
• Congenital Mitral Stenosis
• Conjunctivoplasty
• Cupping Therapy
• Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
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• Gastrointestinal Surgery, Laproscopic
• Hypnosis (Medical Hypnotherapy)
• Hypochondriasis
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• Kidney Damage - Ethylene Glycol
• Laparoscopic Salpingectomy
• Marijuana Amotivational Syndrome
• Memory Disorders
• Minimally Invasive Resection of Mediastinal Tumor
• Mongolian Spot
• Muscular Dystrophy, Congenital, Type 1C
• Mycosis Fungoides
• Non-24-Hour Sleep-Wake Syndrome
• Optic Ataxia
• Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
• Radical Retropubic Prostate Removal
• Renal Artery Stenosis (RAS)
• Shoulder and Thorax Deformity - Congenital Heart Disease
• Shoulder Fractures
• Skin Infections
• Spinal Spacer Procedure
• Throat Swab
• Vertebral Artery Occlusion
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Procedures
• Abdominal Pain• Anal and Rectal Cancer
• Anal Fissure
• Anorectal Abscess
• Appendectomy, Laparoscopic
• Appendectomy, Open
• Appendicitis
• Atelectasis
• Biopsy of Breast
• Breast Cancer
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• Carcinoma in Situ
• Cholecystitis and Gallstones
• Colectomy
• Collapsed Lung (Pneumothorax)
• Colorectal Cancer
• Diaphragmatic and-or Hiatal Hernia
• Dressing and-or Debridement of Wound, Infection, or Burn (incl. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy)
• Empyema
• Enterostomy (Laparoscopic or Open)
• Esophageal Varices
• Excision of Breast Tumor
• Excision of Rectal Tumor
• Excision, Shaving, or Destruction of Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue (incl. Mohs Micrographic Surgery), Tissue Transfer
• Gallbladder Removal (Cholecystectomy), Laparoscopic
• Hemorrhoidectomy or Excision of Anal Tags
• Hemorrhoids
• Hidradenitis
• Incisional Hernia
• Inguinal Hernia
• Inguinal Hernia Repair, Open
• Intestinal Obstruction
• Intestinal Transplant (incl. Enterectomy)
• Lipomas
• Lung Cancer
• Lymph Node Biopsy or Excision
• Mastectomy
• Open Incisional and-or Ventral Hernia Repair
• Peripheral Arterial Embolism and Thrombosis
• Peripheral Vascular Disease (PAD, PVD)
• Pleural Effusion
• Port Placements or Replacements
• Removal of Reproductive Organs (Hysterectomy, Oophorectomy, Salpingectomy, Salpingo-Oophorectomy, Resection of Peritoneal Malignancy)
• Removal or Destruction of Rectal or Intestinal Tumor (incl. Colonoscopy, Proctosigmoidoscopy, Sigmoidoscopy and Control of Hemorrhage)
• Secondary Malignancies
• Small Intestine Cancer
• Soft Tissue Sarcoma
• Sphincterotomy
• Stomach and Small Intestine Cancer
• Stomach Cancer
• Thoracentesis
• Thyroid Cancer
• Thyroid Lobectomy
• Thyroidectomy or Thyroid Lobectomy
• Tracheal Surgery
• Transendoscopic Stent Placement
• Trigger Point Injection
• Umbilical Hernia
• Varicose Veins
• Ventral Hernia
• Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) or Thoracotomy
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Board Certifications
- Board Certified by the American Board of Surgery
Years Since Graduation
- 55
State License
- South Carolina
Education & Training
Medical School
New York University School Of Medicine
New York, NY, United States
Graduated: 1968
New York, NY, United States
Graduated: 1968
Residency Hospitals
Nyu Bellevue Hospital Center
Year completed: 1973
Year completed: 1973
Internship Hospital
Nyu Bellevue Med Center
New York, NY, USA
Year completed: 1969
New York, NY, USA
Year completed: 1969
Awards
1 ACS
2 AMA
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Office Locations
Primary location
Surgery Center Of Dillon
409 East Madison Street
South Carolina (SC)
Dillon
29536
Phone:(843) 774-0800
Additional data:
Free Standing Surgery Center? No
Office Volume: 15 patients per day
Performs Procedures On Site? Yes
Accepting New Patients
- No
Map & Directions
Surgery Center Of Dillon, 409 East Madison Street, Dillon, South Carolina (SC), 29536
Insurances Accepted (check insurance plans)
- Blue Card PPO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina
- Blue Options PPO
- Choice Care PPO
- Choice Plus POS
- Cigna
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- Commercial Insurance Company
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- Humana
- Mail Handlers Benefit Plan (MHBP)
- MedCost
- MedCost PPO
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Medicare MCR
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Open Access Plus
- Options PPO
- Planned Administration Inc
- United Healthcare
- UnitedHealthCare
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Affiliated Hospitals
McLeod Medical Center - Darlington
701 Cashua Ferry Road
South Carolina SC,
Darlington,
29532
McLeod Medical Center - Darlington is a hospital located in Darlington, SC.
McLeod Regional Medical Center
555 East Cheves Street
South Carolina SC,
Florence,
29506
McLeod Regional Medical Center is a hospital located in Florence, SC. Procedures/Diagnosis costs are above the state average in 2 of 14 procedures. Length of Stay is shorter than the state average in 3 of 14 procedures.
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