Joseph D. Bloom, M.D.

Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry
Dean Emeritus, School of Medicine, OHSU

1958, AB, Columbia College
1962, MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
1962-63, Rotating Intern, Mt. Zion Hospital & Medical Center
1963-66, Resident, Massachusetts Mental Health Center
1968-69, Fellow, Community Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Laboratory of Community Psychiatry

Board Certification:
1971, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
1979, American Board of Forensic Psychiatry
1994-2004, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Added Qualification, Forensic Psychiatry

Academic and Clinical Interests

Joseph Bloom, MD, received his degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, interned at Mt. Zion Hospital in San Francisco and trained in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School in Boston. He then traded urban living for working in Alaska, first as chief of the mental health unit in the Alaska Native Health Service from 1966-68, and later in private practice in Anchorage from 1969-77. In 1977, Dr. Bloom moved to Portland and joined the OHSU faculty in the position of director of the Community Psychiatry Training Program.

Over the years, Dr. Bloom has served as acting chairman and vice chairman of the Department of Psychiatry, and became department chairman from l986 to 1994. He served as interim dean of the School of Medicine in 1993-94, and was appointed dean from 1994 until 2001, when he returned to the faculty of the Department of Psychiatry.

Internationally recognized for his teaching, research and prolific writing in the fields of community and forensic psychiatry, Dr. Bloom is considered an expert on the insanity defense, and has written landmark articles on Oregon's Psychiatric Security Review Board and on cross-cultural psychiatry.

He is a past president of the American Academy of Psychiatry and Law (APPL), the American Board of Forensic Psychiatry, the Oregon Neuropsychiatric Association, the Alaska Chapter of the American Psychiatry Association, and the Oregon Psychiatric Association. In 1999, he received the Oregon Health and Science Foundation Mentor Award, given to an Oregonian who has provided outstanding leadership and support in health research, education, or the advancement of health care. In 2002, the APPL honored him with its Seymour Pollack Award in recognition of his distinguished contributions to the field of forensic psychiatry and leadership in organized psychiatry.

Memberships:
American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
American College of Psychiatrists
American Psychiatric Association, Life Fellow
Benjamin Rush Society
International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services
Oregon Medical Association
Oregon Psychiatric Association