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Dr. Mitchell S. Blenden, MD

Emergency Medicine (Emergency Medicine Physician)

251 E Huron St
Chicago, IL 60611

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Cook County includes primary care (3% of residents) and mental health (4% of residents) shortage areas. About shortage areas

Call (312) 926-2000

  • Medicare participating

At a glance

Years since graduation
6
In the NPI registry since
2020
Medicare patients seen, 2024
115

Licensed in Connecticut since 2024, according to the Connecticut Department of Public Health. We show license dates only for the states that publish them in bulk; see which states do. For other states, check the state medical board.

The NPI date is when this clinician registered for a National Provider Identifier, the billing number used on health claims. It is not a license, graduation or board-certification date. What an NPI is

Education and training

  • 2020Medical school: Univ of Central Florida, College of Medicine
  • 2020Registered with an NPI (national billing number; not a license date)

Undergraduate school, residency, fellowship, licensing exams and board certification aren’t in public federal data. Board certification can be confirmed with the certifying board (ABMS member boards for MDs, AOA boards for DOs).

Specialties and state licenses

  • Emergency Medicine Physician primary
    CT license 77967 (first issued 2024; active)
  • Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program

As reported to the NPI registry. To confirm a license is current, check the state medical board.

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Where they work

Hospitals

Medical groups

Hospitals this clinician lists with Medicare, and groups they bill Medicare through (Care Compare). Affiliation doesn’t mean they see patients at every location.

Medicare patients and services

Medicare patients, 2024
115
Services billed
130
Patients’ average age
73

Medicare fee-for-service only. CMS leaves out services billed for fewer than 11 patients. These figures describe a practice’s Medicare work; they aren’t a measure of quality.

Payments from drug and device companies

In 2025, 2 companies reported 2 payments worth $227 in total to this clinician.

By company
Memed US, Inc.$178
Instrumentation Laboratory Company$48.90
By type
Gift$178
Food and Beverage$48.90

What the payments were for

Largest payments other than meals
DateCompanyWhat it was forAmount
Sep 8, 2025Memed US, Inc.
Sep 8, 2025
Gift
MeMed BV · Infectious Disease · in-kind
Company’s descriptionACEP Conference Dinner
$178

Each payment as the company reported it, with the products it named. Meals are counted in the totals above but not listed one by one.

From CMS Open Payments. A payment is not evidence of wrongdoing; many are for consulting, teaching or meals. Clinicians can review and dispute their records with CMS.

Who received the most in Illinois →

Other Emergency Medicine clinicians in Chicago

Sources

NPI registry (CMS NPPES, November 2026; record last updated June 27, 2024), Medicare Care Compare, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), Medicare Part D Prescribers (2024) and Open Payments (2025). Information is self-reported or billed data and may be out of date; call before visiting.

NPI 1275169278. Official NPI registry record (opens in a new tab). Clinicians can correct their information in NPPES; changes appear here after our next monthly update.