Dr. Blatt received his doctorate in Anatomy with a concentration in Neuroscience from Thomas Jefferson University in 1986 studying the olivocerebellar system in spontaneous varieties of genetic mutations in mice. He completed postdoctoral training in Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology at the Salk Institute in LaJolla, California 1985-87 studying response properties and connectivity of posterior parietal cortical neurons in primates. He became a Research Associate in the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology at BUSM in 1987 studying primate limbic system connectivity. In 1991, he became a Research Assistant Professor; in 1994 Assistant Professor and is presently an Associate Professor. Dr. Blatt's current research focuses on the neuropathology of autism studying both cerebellar and limbic systems. Recently, he is pursuing the involvement of the GABAergic, serotonergic and cholinergic systems in autism and the prenatal developmental timing of the disorder. Another research interest is the effects of prenatal protein malnutrition on the limbic system in a rat animal model. Dr. Blatt has his own NIH research funding and is also part of the NIH STAART Center of Excellence in autism research effort at BUSM where he has expanded his neuroanatomical studies into key cortical areas in autism.

Dr. Blatt has taught in all three major departmental courses to medical and graduate students: Neurosciences, Histology and Gross Anatomy where he served as Course Manager from 1994-2000. He organized a graduate course with Dr. Kemper in the Neuroanatomical Basis of Neurological Disorders which has been well received by departmental graduate students.

Dr. Blatt's curent service commitments include the Faculty Development and Promotions committee, and is the Chair of the BUSM Academic Policy Committee.