David Bloom Chairs Urology

David A. Bloom, M.D., the Jack Lapides Professor of Urology, became chair of the Department of Urology March 1.

A widely-recognized authority in the field of pediatric urology, Bloom joined the U-M faculty in 1984. He became the first Lapides Professor in 2002. During his time at Michigan, he has published more than 150 papers and 50 book chapters, and has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Pediatric Urology, the British Journal of Urology, Urology, Contemporary Urology, and the Journal of Endourology, and has been a consultant for Stedman’s Medical Dictionary since 1992. In 2006, U-M supporters Brian and Mary Campbell honored Bloom by establishing a professorship in his name.

Bloom earned his medical degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1971. After serving an internship in surgery at UCLA, he completed residencies in general surgery and urology, both at UCLA, in addition to a fellowship in pediatric urology at the Institute of Urology of the University of London. He was named associate professor and chief of pediatric urology at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in 1983.

Bloom has held memberships and offices in 26 professional societies, including chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Urology; historian for the Society for Pediatric Urology; and historian for the American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons. He also is a trustee of the American Board of Urology.

Bloom, who stepped down as associate dean for faculty affairs in the Medical School in order to accommodate his new role as chair, succeeds James E. Montie (M.D. 1971), the Valassis Professor of Urologic Oncology, who is concentrating on research on the quality of care for patients with urologic cancer.

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