Dr. Blank is Board certified in Cardiology, receiving his medical degree at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. He completed his residency at the University of Utah Medical Center. He returned to the University of Nebraska Medical Center to complete his Fellowship in Cardiovascular Disease. As a Junior Faculty Member with emphasis on heart failure and cardiac transplantation, he was promoted to Assistant Professor. He ran the Heart Failure and Transplant program at University of Nebraska Medical Center prior to moving to Idaho Falls.