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Tilton Award, Medical Society of Delaware

James Gilliam Award, American Heart Association

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. William S Young Jr Award of Merit

ChristianaCare Office of Equity Aubergine Award

ChristianaCare office of Equity Aubergine Award

Dartmouth College Martin Luther King, Jr. Lifetime Social Justice Award

Raising Kings Award for Community Service, One Village Alliance

Commendation of Excellence  Award, ChristianaCare

Mentorship Award, NUCLEUS Program, University of Delaware

Chi Eta Phi Sorority Community Service Award

American Heart Association,  (former) Board of Directors, New Castle County, Great Rivers Affiliate and Founders Affiliate

Friends of Hockessin Colored School 107C, Board Member

Indoor Track Delaware, Board Member

National Medical Fellowships, Regional Alumni Council

American College of Surgeons, (former) Councilor, (former) Governor and Member

Delaware Medical Education Foundation, (former) Chair

Delaware Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline, (former) Member

ChristianaCare, Board of Advisors

Association of Black Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons, Member

Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Member

Southern Thoracic Surgical Society, Member

Medical Society of Delaware, Member

American Medical Association, Member

ChristianaCare Blood Pressure Ambassadors, Chair

Federation of State Boards, Emeritus Member

Successful coronary artery bypass in ehlers-danlos type IV syndrome case report and review of the literature

Anomalous Left Internal Thoracic Artery

Failure of unipolar pacemaker secondary to subcutaneous emphysema

Since joining ChristianaCare in 1996, Dr. Blackwell has been recognized among the top cardiac physicians in our region, and has helped guide the Cardiac Surgery program to deliver greater quality and value. 

Dr. Blackwell leads a team of highly skilled and experienced heart surgeons who perform more than 700 heart surgeries each year.

Adult Cardiac Surgery

Surgical Resynchronization Therapy

ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation)

Cardiac Surgery

Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD)

Heart & Vascular Health

Downloadable Photos of Dr. Ray Blackwell

Operating Room Lighting and video System, Patent #5,347.431

Chief of Cardiac Surgery

The Martin Luther King Jr. Social Justice Awards honor members of the Dartmouth and Upper Valley community who have contributed significantly to social justice, peace, civil rights, education, public health, or environmental justice. Those eligible for the awards include Dartmouth, Geisel, Thayer, Tuck, and A&S students, graduate students, alumni, faculty, employees, and friends who have contributed significantly to peace, civil rights, education, public health, environmental justice or social justice.

This event is part of Dartmouth's Martin Luther King, Jr. Annual Celebration and is sponsored by Institutional Diversity & Equity (ID&E) at Dartmouth College.

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