Steven Bloom, M.D. Associate Vice Provost Faculty Affairs & Career Development Professor Endowed Title Jack A. Pritchard, M.D. Chair in Obstetrics and Gynecology School Medical School Department Office of the Provost | Obstetrics and Gynecology You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Dr. Bloom is a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Associate Dean for Clinical Sciences. He was Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology for 16 years. Named Interim Chair effective 1 January 2005, he served as Chair from July 25, 2006 through August 31, 2021. A 1990 graduate of Southwestern Medical School, he was proud and humbled to follow in the footsteps of his distinguished predecessors and lead the department which owes so much to them. Born in California, Dr. Bloom received his bachelor of arts degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 1985. After graduating from medical school, he completed his internship and residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Parkland Memorial Hospital and then pursued a fellowship in maternal-fetal medicine in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology here. In 1995, he was awarded the Jack and Signe Pritchard Fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine. Following the path of mentors like Drs. Paul MacDonald, Norman Gant, F. Gary Cunningham, and Kenneth Leveno, Dr. Bloom joined the faculty at UT Southwestern following his fellowship. He credits these faculty members, as well as Dr. Jack Pritchard (chairman 1955-1970), with influencing his decision to specialize in maternal-fetal medicine. Dr. Bloom is board certified both in obstetrics and gynecology and in maternal-fetal medicine. He is an established clinical investigator and has served as co-investigator on several of the studies conducted by the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. A specialist in high-risk pregnancy, he has published widely on such topics as the recurrence of preterm birth, intrapartum management, and the complications of anesthesia for cesarean delivery. He has been an author of Williams Obstetrics – the leading textbook on obstetrics. He is married and has two children. Education Medical School UT Southwestern Medical School (1990) Residency UT Southwestern Medical Center (1994), Obstetrics & Gynecology Fellowship UT Southwestern Medical Center (1996), Maternal Fetal Medicine Publications Featured Publications Unproven Technologies in Maternal-Fetal Medicine and the High Cost of US Health Care. Bloom SL, Leveno KJ JAMA 2017 03 317 10 1025-1026 Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Case 32-2010. A pregnant woman with abdominal pain and fluid in the peritoneal cavity. Bloom SL, Uppot R, Roberts DJ N. Engl. J. Med. 2010 Oct 363 17 1657-65 Fetal pulse oximetry and cesarean delivery. Bloom SL, Spong CY, Thom E, Varner MW, Rouse DJ, Weininger S, Ramin SM, Caritis SN, Peaceman A, Sorokin Y, Sciscione A, Carpenter M, Mercer B, Thorp J, Malone F, Harper M, Iams J, Anderson G N. Engl. J. Med. 2006 Nov 355 21 2195-202 Birth weight in relation to morbidity and mortality among newborn infants. McIntire DD, Bloom SL, Casey BM, Leveno KJ N. Engl. J. Med. 1999 Apr 340 16 1234-8 Lack of effect of walking on labor and delivery. Bloom SL, McIntire DD, Kelly MA, Beimer HL, Burpo RH, Garcia MA, Leveno KJ N. Engl. J. Med. 1998 Jul 339 2 76-9 A prediction rule for community-acquired pneumonia. Bloom SL, Ramin S, Cunningham FG N. Engl. J. Med. 1997 Jun 336 26 1913-4; author reply 1914-5 Impact of metabolic acidemia at birth on neonatal outcomes in infants born before 34 weeks gestation. Morgan JL, Nelson DB, Casey BM, Bloom SL, McIntire DD, Leveno KJ J. Matern. Fetal. Neonatal. Med. 2016 Aug 1-15 What we have learned about intrapartum fetal monitoring trials in the MFMU Network. Bloom SL, Belfort M, Saade G Semin. Perinatol. 2016 Apr Association of Cervical Effacement With the Rate of Cervical Change in Labor Among Nulliparous Women. Langen ES, Weiner SJ, Bloom SL, Rouse DJ, Varner MW, Reddy UM, Ramin SM, Caritis SN, Peaceman AM, Sorokin Y, Sciscione A, Carpenter MW, Mercer BM, Thorp JM, Malone FD, Iams JD Obstet Gynecol 2016 Mar 127 3 489-95 Metabolic Acidemia in Live Births at 35 Weeks of Gestation or Greater. Morgan JL, Casey BM, Bloom SL, McIntire DD, Leveno KJ Obstet Gynecol 2015 Aug 126 2 279-83 Results 1-10 of 50 1 2 3 4 5 Next Last Books Featured Books Williams Obstetrics, 25th Edition Cunningham FG, Leveno KJ, Bloom SL, Dashe JS, Hoffman BL, Casey BM, Spong CY (Ed.) (2018). New York, McGraw-Hill Education Williams Obstetrics, 24th edition F. Gary Cunningham, Kenneth J. Leveno, Steven L. Bloom, Catherine Y. Spong, Jodi S. Dashe, Barbara L. Hoffman, Brian M. Casey, Jeanne S. Sheffield (2014). New York, McGraw Hill Education/Medical. NLM ID: 101626979 (2014). New York, McGraw Hill Education/Medical Honors & Awards Research Excellence AwardSociety for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (2006) Distinguished Physician AwardParkland Health & Hospital System (2005) Jack A. & Signe Pritchard FellowAward in Maternal-Fetal Medicine (1995) Professional Associations/Affiliations Alpha Omega Alpha (2008) American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics Phi Beta Kappa Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Texas Medical Association
