Dr. Blume graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in biology from Loyola University in Baltimore in Maryland, where she was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society. She then received her medical degree from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and was elected into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. Dr. Blume then completed her residency in internal medicine and her fellowship in allergy and immunology at the State University of New York at Buffalo.