Bruce Blazar, MD

Dr. Blazar is a Regents Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Blood and Marrow Transplant & Cellular Therapy and attends on the Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation (BMT) service. Dr. Blazar is the recipient of the Childrens' Cancer Research Fund (CCRF) Land Grant Chair in Pediatric Oncology to recognize his pioneering working in developing approaches to improve the outcome of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation to treat hematological malignancies.

Dr. Blazar received his MD from Albany Medical College. He completed a residency in Pediatrics and a fellowship in hematology/oncology and bone marrow transplantation at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Blazar joined the University of Minnesota faculty in 1985. He is board certified in Pediatrics and Hematology/Oncology.

Dr. Blazar is the recipient of National Institutes of Health (NIH) MERIT Awards from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute as well as the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. He is the Principal Investigator of the UMN Clinical and Translational Sciences Award (U54), NIH funded R37 MERIT award, R01 grants, P01 Projects, and U19 grant subcontract focusing on BMT immunological studies. Dr. Blazar is the author of more than 950 publications.