Affiliation

Senior Associate, International Longevity Center (ILC) USA
Associate Clinical Professor of Geriatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine

 

Address

ILC USA
60 East 86th Street
New York, New York 10028-1009
USA

 

Contact

harrisonb@ilcusa.org

 

Biosketch

Dr. Bloom has more than 20 years of geriatric medicine experience including in-patient and outpatient primary and consultative care, extensive teaching at all levels (medical school, residency, fellowship and practicing physicians), major administrative roles including founder and Chief of Geriatric Medicine in Dep’t of Medicine (St Lukes-Roosevelt Medical Center, Columbia School of Medicine), and Vice Chairman of Clinical Affairs in Dep’t of Geriatrics (Mt Sinai School of Medicine). Dr. Bloom is engaged in ongoing consultancy with Lebanon and Taiwan in relation to the development of geriatric training.

 

Key research/capacity building interests

 

Research Interests

• Disease prevention/health promotion
• Health policy in relation to older people and age-related disease
• Dementia
• Depression in old age
• Nutrition in old age

Capacity Building Interests

• Helping to establish national or regional geriatric/gerontologic training initiatives where few or none exist

Key methodological skills

None

 

Current/planned research

None

 

Current engagement in capacity building

Ongoing consultation on geriatric training development with Taiwan and Lebanon