Overview
Peter Blais, MD, is a board-certified gastroenterologist who provides digestive disease care. He specializes in general gastroenterology, esophageal motility, functional bowel disease and colon cancer screening.Dr. Blais plays the banjo in his free time.
Dr. Blais is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Berdon Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), Hiatal Hernia, Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia, Endoscopy, and Colonoscopy.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 9 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
1100 Ninth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Blais has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
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Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Advanced
- AchalasiaDr. Blais isAdvanced. Learn about Achalasia.
- Congenital Diaphragmatic HerniaDr. Blais isAdvanced. Learn about Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia.
- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
- Hiatal HerniaDr. Blais isAdvanced. Learn about Hiatal Hernia.
- Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
- Experienced
- Anal FissureDr. Blais isExperienced. Learn about Anal Fissure.
- Angiodysplasia of the ColonDr. Blais isExperienced. Learn about Angiodysplasia of the Colon.
- AscitesDr. Blais isExperienced. Learn about Ascites.
- Bacterial GastroenteritisDr. Blais isExperienced. Learn about Bacterial Gastroenteritis.
- Barrett EsophagusDr. Blais isExperienced. Learn about Barrett Esophagus.
- Benign Esophageal StrictureDr. Blais isExperienced. Learn about Benign Esophageal Stricture.