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

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

Accepting new patients:
 I am accepting new patients.

Education:
Medical Education:
 University of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia, PA : 2001
     M.D.

PreMed:
 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