Joseph D. Bloom, M.D.
- Specialty:
- Psychiatry
- Special Interests:
- Psychiatry (Adult Outpatient-General), Psychiatry (Forensics)
- Accepting Patients:
- No
- Languages:
- English
Biography
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 the Law (AAPL), 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 AAPL honored him with its Seymour Pollack Award in recognition of his distinguished contributions to the field of forensic psychiatry and leadership in organized psychiatry. In 2010 the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law awarded Dr. Bloom its Golden Apple Award for "signficant contributions to forensic psychiatry".
Education
- Degree:
M.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1962
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Residency:
Massachusetts Mental Health Center, 1963-66 -
Fellowship:
Community Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Laboratory of Community Psychiatry, 1968-69 -
Certifications:
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 1971
American Board of Forensic Psychiatry, 1979
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Added Qualification, Forensic Psychiatry, 1994-2004
