Staff Leadership

            Dr Bruce Bloom, President and Chief Science Officer  

In February 2002, Dr. Bruce Bloom became the Executive Director of Goldman Philanthropic Partnerships, a 501c3 private operating foundation. In 2005, when Goldman Partnerships created the public charity, Partnership for Cures to carry on the Goldman mission, Dr. Bloom became President and Chief Science Officer. Dr. Bloom directs the operation of this public charity dedicated to making a lasting impact on cancer and other diseases by pushing the boundaries of scientific research and creating new methods to fund it.

During more than 20 years of combined business and healthcare experience, Dr. Bloom's career has spanned law, dentistry, clinical research, insurance, entrepreneurial enterprises, regulatory affairs, product development, and public speaking. Prior to joining the Partnerships, Dr. Bloom was the Senior Vice President-Healthcare Professional Liability at Kemper Casualty Company, a $3 billion insurer headquartered in Long Grove, Illinois . While leading startup operations for the Healthcare Liability Division, he developed and managed cutting edge marketing and sales programs designed to impact B2B and B2C e-commerce and other non-traditional initiatives.

While at one of the top five casualty insurers in the nation, the CNA Insurance Companies in Chicago, Illinois, Dr. Bloom held positions as Director of Loss Control, Vice President and ultimately as the Senior Vice President of CNA HealthPro. In this senior position, Dr. Bloom directed sales and marketing programs and held operational responsibility for the $200 million National Programs Business Unit, which included a staff of more than 50.

During his tenure as Director of Professional Relations and Clinical Affairs at Bausch and Lomb Oral Care Division in Tucker, Georgia, he worked with senior management on a range of multi-million dollar projects involving regulatory affairs, product development, clinical research and professional relations. As the only healthcare professional in the Oral Care Division, Dr. Bloom played a pivotal role in managing professional sales and marketing training for company employees in the US and Europe . He also served as Bausch and Lomb's chief liaison to the American Dental Association and other professional organizations, and managed their Board of Science Advisors.

Dr. Bloom launched his first enterprise by founding the Midwest Dental Examiners, a division of American Dental Examiners, which is a national dental indemnity insurance consulting firm headquartered in New York City . Dr. Bloom also was the Chief Dental Resident at Illinois Masonic Medical Center in Chicago, and he maintained a clinical practice in Chicago until the late 1980s.  He has owned several fine art businesses, as well as a retail food enterprise.

Dr. Bloom holds a Juris Doctor degree from Chicago Kent College of Law, a Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from University of Illinois Medical Center, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from University of Illinois . He is married and the father of two children.  He is currently the host of a radio program called "Clinician's Roundtable" on ReachMD, XM 233, the channel for medical professionals.