Dr. Gerard C. Blobe, MD

  • Durham, NC
  • Medical oncologist
NPI1184694754PAC ID1153458492
Medicare services, 2024
430
Medicare patients, 2024
93
Part D claims, 2024
195
Publications
43
Clinical trials
1
Practice address
2301 Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27705
Practice phone
Call (919) 684-8111
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Mobile number
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Primary practice

Duke University Hospital

Hospital · Durham, North Carolina

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Dr. Gerard C. Blobe is a medical oncologist in Durham, North Carolina

Dr. Blobe practices at Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolina, part of Duke University.

Dr. Blobe's NPI, 1184694754, was assigned on January 25, 2006. Dr. Blobe graduated from Duke University School of Medicine in 1995.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
1153458492
NPI enumeration date
January 25, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
Practice phone
(919) 684-8111
Professional email
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
57
Medical school graduation
1995

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Gerard C. Blobe practices at Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolina

Dr. Blobe's primary practice is Duke University Hospital, at 2301 Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27705 in Durham County. The practice phone is (919) 684-8111.

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Dr. Gerard C. Blobe is affiliated with 1 site of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Blobe's primary practice is Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolina, part of Duke University. The medical group on file is Duke Health Integrated Practice.

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EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Duke University HospitalAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Gerard C. Blobe is one of 203 medical oncologists in North Carolina

Medical oncology is Dr. Blobe's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RX0202X. Dr. Blobe has a license on file in North Carolina.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Medical oncology, North Carolinataxonomy 207RX0202X

Medical oncologists near Dr. Blobe

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Dr. Gerard C. Blobe billed Medicare for 430 services in 2024

CMS data shows 430 Medicare services from Dr. Blobe across 5 procedure codes in 2024, for 93 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $27,767 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

Medicare services, 2024430
Medicare patients93
Paid by Medicare$27,767
Procedure codes5

Dr. Blobe's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 1242024: 24698%
Other services
2023: 02024: 184

Dr. Blobe compared with the North Carolina median for medical oncologists, 2024

  • Dr. Blobe
  • North Carolina median
Medicare services
430vs 52518% below
Medicare patients
93vs 16644% below
Part D claims
104vs 36772% below

Medians across 199 medical oncologists in North Carolina with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Blobe's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Gerard C. Blobe treated 93 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74

CMS counts 93 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Blobe in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 44 patients. 71% of them have high cholesterol, and 70% have high blood pressure. Their average risk score is 2.29, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Blobe's median patient age at 73, with 50% women.

Medicare patients, 202493
Average age74
Average risk score2.29

Dr. Blobe's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Blobe's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women4751%
  • Men4649%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Blobe's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High cholesterol71%
  2. High blood pressure70%
  3. Cancer53%
  4. Anxiety40%
  5. Arthritis39%
  6. Diabetes38%
  7. Chronic kidney disease30%
  8. Ischemic heart disease28%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Blobe's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 73

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women50%
  • Men49%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Gerard C. Blobe wrote 195 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Blobe wrote 195 Medicare Part D claims for 51 patients. 86% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 104 of them, across 5 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $76,812 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 47 claims across 3 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024195
Drugs named by CMS5
Total drug cost$76,812
Part D patients51

Dr. Blobe's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic167 claims86%
  • Brand-name and other28 claims14%

Dr. Blobe's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024

CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.

Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Blobe's Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids6%11 of 195 claims

Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 472024: 104121%

Drugs named by CMS: 5 in 2024, 3 in 2023.

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Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Gerard C. Blobe offers telehealth to Medicare patients

Dr. Blobe accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Blobe as offering telehealth.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes

Source: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

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Dr. Gerard C. Blobe has 43 publications on record

Dmand AI links 43 papers to Dr. Blobe, published from 2010 to 2024. 2013 was the busiest year, with 7. The most frequent topics are Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized and Bevacizumab. Dr. Blobe has published most often in Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. Dr. Blobe's most frequent co-authors are Herbert Hurwitz, MD, Hope Elizabeth Uronis, MD and Syed Yousuf Zafar, MD.

Papers43
Years published2010 to 2024

Dr. Blobe's papers by year, 2013 to 2024

Topics Dr. Blobe writes about most

  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
  • Bevacizumab
  • Colorectal Neoplasms
  • Angiogenesis Inhibitors
  • Signal Transduction
  • Capecitabine
  • Deoxycytidine

Dr. Blobe's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Blobe

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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage

Dr. Gerard C. Blobe has worked on 1 clinical trial

Dmand AI links Dr. Blobe to 1 clinical trial. Conditions studied include Krukenberg Tumor and Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell.

Conditions in Dr. Blobe's trials

  • Krukenberg Tumor
  • Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell

Investigators on the most trials with Dr. Blobe

Recent clinical trials with Dr. Blobe

Sources: Dmand AI Research Linkage; and ClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine)

Dr. Gerard C. Blobe received $87,319 in industry payments from 2016 to 2018

CMS Open Payments shows 69 general payments to Dr. Blobe from 2 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2018. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 85% of the total. Genentech, Inc. paid the most, $86,999.

General payments to Dr. Blobe by program year, 2016 to 2018

General payments to Dr. Blobe by kind, 2016 to 2018

$87.3Kin total
  • Speaker and faculty fees$74,16085%
  • Travel and lodging$10,17112%
  • Food and beverage$1,6782%
  • Consulting fees$1,3102%

Companies that paid Dr. Blobe the most, 2016 to 2018

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. Gerard C. Blobe graduated from Duke University School of Medicine

Dr. Blobe graduated from Duke University School of Medicine in 1995.

  1. Medical schoolDuke University School of Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Dr. Gerard C. Blobe's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Clinical trials and co-investigatorsDmand AI Research LinkageClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Gerard C. Blobe's NPI number?

Dr. Gerard C. Blobe's NPI number is 1184694754. It was assigned on January 25, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Gerard C. Blobe?

Dr. Gerard C. Blobe is a medical oncologist in Durham, North Carolina. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Medical Oncology Physician (taxonomy code 207RX0202X).

Where does Dr. Gerard C. Blobe practice?

Dr. Blobe practices at 2301 Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27705. Dr. Blobe's primary practice is Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolina, part of Duke University.

What is Dr. Gerard C. Blobe's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Blobe is (919) 684-8111.

Which hospitals is Dr. Gerard C. Blobe affiliated with?

Dr. Blobe practices at Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolina.

What medical group is Dr. Gerard C. Blobe part of?

Dr. Blobe is linked to Duke Health Integrated Practice.

Does Dr. Gerard C. Blobe accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Blobe billed Medicare for 430 services in 2024, and Dr. Blobe accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Dr. Gerard C. Blobe offer telehealth?

Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Blobe as offering telehealth services.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Gerard C. Blobe see?

CMS counts 93 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Blobe in 2024, with an average age of 74.

What services does Dr. Gerard C. Blobe bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Blobe's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99215), medicare service (G2211) and hospital inpatient care (99233).

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Where did Dr. Gerard C. Blobe go to medical school?

Dr. Blobe graduated from Duke University School of Medicine in 1995.

What drugs does Dr. Gerard C. Blobe prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Blobe's most prescribed drugs by claims were Ondansetron HCl, Prochlorperazine Maleate and Dexamethasone.

Has Dr. Gerard C. Blobe received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $87,319 in general payments to Dr. Blobe from 2 companies from 2016 to 2018. The largest total came from Genentech, Inc.

How long has Dr. Gerard C. Blobe been practicing?

Dr. Blobe graduated from medical school in 1995, 31 years ago.

Does Dr. Gerard C. Blobe do research?

Dmand AI links 43 publications to Dr. Blobe, published from 2010 to 2024. Dr. Blobe has worked on 1 clinical trial.

Who does Dr. Gerard C. Blobe publish with?

Dr. Blobe's most frequent co-authors are Herbert Hurwitz, MD (12 shared papers), Hope Elizabeth Uronis, MD (8 shared papers) and Syed Yousuf Zafar, MD (6 shared papers).

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