Affiliations:
Wentworth Douglass Hospital, Dover, NH
Frisbie Memorial Hospital, Rochester, NH
Subspecialties
Orthopedic Trauma and Fracture Surgery
Arthroscopy
Shoulder surgery
Sports Medicine
Business Address: Seacoast Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Marsh Brook Professional Center
237 Route 108, Suite 205
Somersworth, NH 03878
Business Telephone: (603) 742-2007
Business Fax: (603) 749-4605
Website: http://www.sosmed.org
Birthdate: July 30, 1955
Birthplace: Boston, MA
Citizenship: United States
High School: The Browne & Nichols School
1969-1973 Cambridge, MA
Undergraduate: Boston University College of Liberal Arts School of Medicine
1973-1977 Six-Year Medical Program
Boston, MA
Graduate: Boston University College of Liberal Arts School of Medicine
1975-1979 Boston, MA
Internship: Baystate Medical Center
1979-1980 General Surgery Internship
Springfield, MA
Postgraduate Residency: University of Vermont and Medical Center Hospital of Vermont
1980-1984 Burlington, VT
National Board of Medical Examiners: License - E211796 (July 1980)
American Board of Orthopedic Surgeons: 99th Percentile (July 1986)
American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons: Fellow
American Board of Orthopedic Surgeons: Recertified (February 1992)
Orthopedic Trauma Association
New England Trauma Study Group
New Hampshire Orthopaedic Society
President, 2002
Strafford County Medical Society
New Hampshire Medical Society
American Medical Association
Arthroscopy Association of North America
Wentworth Douglass Hospital Executive Committee
1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996
Chief of Surgery, Wentworth-Douglass Hospital
1994-1999
New England Trauma Study Group
Vice President, 1996-1997 - President, 1997-1998
Wentworth Douglass Hospital Trauma Critique
Chairman, 1991-Present
Board of Trustees - Frisbie Memorial Hospital, 1996 - January 2008
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Orthopedic Educational Achievement Program
1987-1989
Undergraduate: Magna Cum Laude, Dean's List
Blitzer, C., Johnson, R.J., Ettlinger, C., Aggeborn, K.: "Downhill Skiing Injuries in Children", AM J Sports Medicine
Vol 12. No 2:142, 1984
Blitzer, C.: "Arthroscopic Management of Septic Arthritis of the Hip". Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
9:4, p 414-416, 1993
Blitzer, C., Hamilton, L.: "Oxygen Saturation During Reaming And Intramedullary Nailing Of The Femur". Orthopedics, V15,
12:1403-1405, 1992
Siliski, J., Healy, W., Carr, C., Baumgaertner, M., Blitzer, C.: "Non-Union of the Fibula after Ankle Fracture". J.Orthopaedic Trauma
7(2): 198, 1993
New England Trauma Study Group:
Compartment Syndrome of the Foot (1991)
Transgenicular Nail Fixation of Supracondylar Femur Fractures (1992)
Arthroscopy for Loose Body following Fracture/Dislocation of the Hip (1993)
Management External Fixator Pins (1994)
Distal Radius Fractures - Outcomes (1995)
Effective Management of Hip Fractures (1996)
Fractures associated with Neuropathy (1997)
Tobramycin in Ca++ Sulfate (1998)
Orthopaedics in Bhutan (1999)
Update Osteoset T (2000)
Magnetic Distal Targeting (2001)
Recycling (2003)
New England Society of Orthopedic Technologists:
Micronesian Medicine (1996)
Visiting Professor:
University of New England, Lecture: Management of Fractures and Dislocations
(1992-1999)
Strafford Vocational Technical College, Lecture: Operative Management of
Fractures (1986)
Boston University School of Medicine, Lecture: Hip Arthroscopy (1986-1994)
Yap, Micronesia (1994)
Strafford Vocational Technical College, Lecture: Operative Management of
Fractures (1995)
University of Vermont, Lecture: Hip Arthroscopy (1995)
Bhutan - Orthopedics Overseas (1998)
Malawi - Orthopedics Overseas (2002)
University of New Hampshire (2004)
AO/ASIF Residents Basic Course - Sturbridge, MA (1992-1993)
“Current Concepts in Lower Extremity Trauma, External Fixation” - Boston, MA (1996)
AO/ASIF OR Course - University of Massachusetts - Worcester MA (1997)
ME Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (1993, 1998)
AO/ASIF - OR Course, University of Vermont - Burlington, VT (1999)
OTA Resident Course - Charlotte, NC (1999)
Adjunct Faculty to the Physician Assistant Program, University of New England - Biddeford, ME (1998-Present)
1984 Wentworth Douglass Hospital: Current Fracture Management
1985 Frisbie Memorial Hospital: Low Back Pain
1987 Frisbie Memorial Hospital: Current Role of Arthroscopy
1987 Wentworth Douglass Hospital: Current Role of Arthroscopy
1991 Frisbie Memorial Hospital: Management of Trauma
1992 Wentworth-Douglass Hospital: Splinting of Acute Injuries
1993 Maine Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons: Transgenicular Nail Fixation of Supracondylar Femur Fractures
1993 Wentworth-Douglass Hospital: Osteoporosis/Bone Densitometry
1993 Frisbie Memorial Hospital: Osteoporosis/Bone Densitometry
1994 Wentworth-Douglass Hospital: Micronesian Medicine
1994 Frisbie Memorial Hospital: Micronesian Medicine
1995 Wentworth-Douglass Hospital: Out-Patient Management of Fractures
1995 Frisbie Memorial Hospital: Out-Patient Management of Fractures
1996 Wentworth-Douglass Hospital: Nature of Accident
2004 Frisbie Memorial Hospital – Injury Prevention & Treatment
New Hampshire Orthopedic Society:
1994 Hip Arthroscopy
1996 Internal Fixation of Periarticular Tibia Fractures
2003 Complex Upper Extremity Trauma
2003 Recycling
Team Physician University of New Hampshire Women's Ice Hockey (Current)
Team Physician University of New Hampshire Men's Track
Team Physician University of New Hampshire Women's Track