Jessica Bloom-Foster, M.D.
Assistant Director

    
Jessica Bloom-Foster, M.D.
 
 

Dr. Bloom-Foster grew up in Massachusetts and trained at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and West Suburban Hospital in Oak Park, IL.  She was in practice in a small town in central Massachusetts prior to joining to faculty at CRMEF.  She has done clinical work in Ecuador and Zimbabwe, as well as an Indian Reservation in Montana.  She speaks Spanish and has particular interests in Latino populations and women's health, as well as stress management techniques and mind-body medicine.  She is married and has one son.  She enjoys cooking, gardening, hiking, camping, and literature.


Office Location(s):

Linn Community Care (formerly the Family Practice Center)


855 A Avenue NE
Suite LL1
Cedar Rapids, Iowa   52402
Location Phone: 319-398-6170

My Phone: 319-398-6170
Fax: 319-369-7494

Accepting new patients:
I am accepting new patients.

Medical Education:
University of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia, PA : 2001
M.D.
PreMed Education:
Amherst College - Amherst, MA : 1995
B.A. in Neuroscience

Residency:
West Suburban Hospital - Oak Park, IL : 2004

Board Certifications:
American Board of Family Practice
Pediatric Advanced Life Support
Advanced Cardiac Life Support
Neonatal Resuscitation Program

Languages other than English:
Spanish

In Practice Since:
2004

Affiliations:
Sierra Club : 2002
American Academy of Family Physicians : 2001
American Medical Association : 1999

Honors and Awards:
Nikitas J. Zervanos Prize in Family Medicine : 2001
Doctors for Global Health National Poetry Contest : 1999
2nd and 4th Place

Publications:
Poem -- Puncture : Spring 1998
Published in American Journal of Ethics and Medicine
Essay -- Learning to Make Do : September/October 2000
Published in Women in Medicine
Essay -- Code Blue Stories: The Shopping List : May 2006
Published in Hospital Physician