October 15, 2021
MultiCare expands services with additions to Orthopedics team
SPOKANE, Wash. — MultiCare Health System announced today the addition of three orthopedic physicians: Allison Blumenthal, DO, Joseph Labrum, MD, and Benjamin Welling, MD.
Dr. Blumenthal is a fellowship trained orthopedic surgeon who specializes in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. With a master’s degree in science, Blumenthal earned her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine at Des Moines University – Des Moines, IA. She completed a Residency in Orthopedic Surgery through Michigan State University and Fellowship training in Sports Medicine through Southern California Orthopedic Institute.
Dr. Labrum also joins the team as a fellowship trained orthopedic surgeon who specializes in Sports Medicine. He completed his fellowship from Andrews Orthopedic Institute. He earned his medical degree through University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and attended University of Utah where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry.
Dr. Welling rounds out the latest addition to the Orthopedic team as a fellowship trained orthopedic surgeon from the Mayo Clinic. He specializes in hand and upper extremity surgeries. As an undergraduate of Brigham Young University, Welling earned his medical degree from Baylor University.
Blumenthal, Labrum and Welling are currently accepting new patients.
About MultiCare
MultiCare is a not-for-profit health care organization with more than 20,000 team members, including employees, providers and volunteers. MultiCare has been caring for our community for well over a century, since the founding of Tacoma’s first hospital and today is the largest community-based, locally governed health system in the state of Washington.
MultiCare’s comprehensive system of health includes numerous primary care, urgent care and specialty services — including MultiCare Indigo Urgent Care, Pulse Heart Institute and MultiCare Rockwood Clinic, the largest multispecialty clinic in the Inland Northwest region.
MultiCare’s network of care includes 10 hospitals:
• MultiCare Allenmore Hospital, Tacoma
• MultiCare Auburn Medical Center, Auburn
• MultiCare Covington Medical Center, Covington
• MultiCare Deaconess Hospital, Spokane
• MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital, Puyallup
• Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital, Tacoma
• MultiCare Tacoma General Hospital, Tacoma
• MultiCare Valley Hospital, Spokane Valley
• Navos Behavioral Health Hospital
• Wellfound Behavioral Health Hospital
Contact: Kevin Maloney
509-496-6319
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