- Bone marrow transplant infection
- Infectious diseases in lymphoma
- Leukemia related infection
- Transplant infectious disease
Blair C. Weikert, MD
Infectious Diseases
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
MacGregor Infection Medicine and Travel Program
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Assistant Director of the Transplant ID Program at Penn
- Professor of Clinical Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
My education and training
- Medical School: Temple University School of Medicine
- Residency: University of Virginia Health System
- Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Health System
Spoken languages
English
English
Reviews
121 reviews
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Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Americhealth Caritas of PA VIP - LGH Only
- Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
- Amerihealth Caritas of PA - LGH Only
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
- Clover Health Choice
- Clover Health Choice Value PPO
- Clover Health Classic HMO
- Clover Health Value
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Infectious Disease, 2008
- Internal Medicine, 2006
- American College of Physicians, National
- American Society of Transplantation, National
- Infectious Disease Society of America, National
- Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance (MANNA), Philadelphia, PA, Local
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Kaitlyn L Broderick 1, Carli J Peters 1, Jeremy A Mazurek 2, Joyce Wald 2, Robert S Zhang 1, Pavan Atluri 3, Kim Urgo 2, Lee Goldberg 2 4, Emily A Blumberg 5, Blair C Weikert 5, Edo Y Birati 6 Characteristics and Outcomes of Candidemia in Patients with Durable Left Ventricular Assist Device Support , ASAIO Journal, 1(8): 2022,1044-1047
Mills JP, Wilck MB, Weikert BC, Porrett PM, Timko D, Alby K, Bonomo RA, Blumberg EA Successful treatment of a disseminated infection with extensively drug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in a liver transplant recipient with a fosfomycin-based multidrug regimen , Transpl Infect Dis, 18(5): 2016,777-781
Simpson CL, Craig-Muller S, Sobanko JF, Weikert BC, Micheletti RG Refractory Cutaneous Alternariosis Successfully Treated With Mohs Surgery and Full-Thickness Skin Grafting , Dermatol Sur, 42(3): 2016,426-9
Weikert Blair C, Blumberg Emily A Viral infection after renal transplantation: surveillance and management , Clin J Am Soc Nephrol, 3 (Suppl 2): 2008,S76-S86