He is Board Certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and is Chief of the Section of Plastic Surgery at Bridgeport Hospital. Dr. Bluestein is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He completed his residency in General Surgery at the Yale Affiliated Surgical Residency Program at Bridgeport Hospital and a post doctoral fellowship in Wound Healing at Yale University School of Medicine. He completed his residency in Plastic Surgery at The Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He completed a Hand and Microsurgery Fellowship in the Section of Plastic Surgery at Yale University.