David A. Bloom Named First Jack Lapides Professor of Urology
Left to right: Dean Allen Lichter, David Bloom, Gil Omenn
Photo: Gregory Fox |
In a Sunday morning ceremony on June 9 at the Michigan League, David A. Bloom,
M.D., professor of surgery and associate dean for faculty affairs, was installed
as the first Jack Lapides Professor of Urology.
Bloom received his medical degree from the State University of New York at
Buffalo and completed two residencies at the UCLA Medical Center, the first
in general surgery and the second in urology. He also spent a year of fellowship
training in pediatric urology at the Institute of Urology and St. Peter’s
Hospitals in London. Between 1980 and 1984, he worked at Walter Reed Army Medical
Center, achieving the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. During this time, he held
concurrent appointments at the Uniformed Services University of the Health
Sciences School of Medicine, in Bethesda, Maryland, where he became an associate
professor of surgery. Bloom joined the U-M Medical School faculty in 1984.
Jack Lapides
Photo: David Bloom |
In 1993, Bloom became a professor of urology and, in 2000, associate dean
for faculty affairs. During his time at Michigan, he has published more than
150 papers and 50 book chapters. He holds memberships and offices in 26 professional
societies and holds five editorial positions, including that of urology editor
for Stedman’s Medical Dictionary and national historian for the American
Academy of Pediatrics.
Lapides established the Professorship through a gift from his estate, along
with a research fund in his name, the Jack Lapides Research Fund in Pediatric
Urology, to support the research and clinical work of a senior pediatric urologist
within the Department of Urology. He died in 1995.
Lapides, who received his doctor of medicine degree from the U-M in 1941,
also completed his residency in urology at Michigan in 1948 after serving as
a flight surgeon in the Pacific during World War II. Lapides’ single
greatest contribution to medicine was the concept and development of clean
intermittent catheterization, a procedure that has saved the kidneys and lives
of innumerable patients with bladder dysfunction.
In his tribute to Jack Lapides, Bloom referred to him as “one of Michigan’s
best…who unquestionably expanded the conceptual basis of medical practice.” Bloom
also lauded as Lapides’ “legendary” influence on thousands
of medical students and residents “who made urology better through their
own individual practices and academic accomplishments.”
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