Background
Bloomfield, Clara Derber was born on May 15, 1942 in Flushing, Long Island, New York, United States. Daughter of Milton and Zelda (Trenner) Derber.
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Clara Derber Bloomfield
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Education
Student, University Wisconsin, 1959-1962; Bachelor, San Diego State University, 1963; Doctor of Medicine, University of Chicago, 1968.
Career
Intern in medicine, University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics, 1968-1969;
resident internal medicine, University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics, 1969-1970;
resident internal medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1970-1971;
medical oncology fellow, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1971-1973;
chief resident in medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, January-June, 1972;
instructor, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1972-1973;
assistant professor medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1973-1976;
associate professor, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1976-1980;
professor medicine division oncology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1980-1989;
director fellowship program medical concology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, since 1987;
member university senate, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1986-1989;
member all university Commision on Women, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1988-1989;
professor medicine, chief division oncology, State University of New York, Buffalo, since 1989;
head department medicine, Roswell Pk. Cancer Institute, Buffalo, since 1989. Member Kettering selection committee General Motors Cancer Research Foundation, 1986-1987.
Consultant Office Technology Assessment, United States Congress, 1988. Participant, chair various committees International Human Gene Mapping Workshops, Helsinki, Finland, 1985, France, 1987, International Workshops Chromosomes in Leukemia, Lund, Sweden, 1980, Chicago, 1982, Tokyo, 1984, London, 1987, Buffalo, 1991. Member of national and science advisory boards National Institutes of Health, since 1977, member board science counselors division cancer treatment, since 1991, organizer International Hodgkins Disease Symposium, 1981.
Board directors cancer and leukemia group B, since 1982, member other committees, 1973- sponsored clinical trial groups, National Cancer Institute, consultant S.W. oncology group. Member of national and science advisory board Don and Sybil Harrington Cancer Center, Amarillo, Texas, since 1979, Medical College Pennsylvania, since 1988. Board of trustees Berlex Oncology Foundation, since 1992.
Visiting professor department medicine West Virginia University, 1973, U. Arizona, Tucson, 1979, U. Florida, Gainesville, 1979, Emory University, Atlanta, 1980, University of Chicago, 1982, George Washington University, Washington, 1982, University Texas, San Antonio, 1982, Brown U., Providence, 1982, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, 1982, U. Zurich, Switzerland, 1983, U. P.R., 1984, U. Witwatersand, South Africa, 1984, Nihon U., Tokyo, 1984, Leukemia Society Massachusetts, 1991. Frequent invited speaker, guest lecturer symposia, workshops, continuing education courses, seminars, medical congresses, universities in the United States, Europe, S. American, Scandinavia, England, Japan, Republic of South Africa, New Zealand.
Achievements
Membership
Member American College of Physicians, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association Cancer Research, American Society Hematology, American Society.Clin. Oncology (board directors since 1991), American Federation Clinical Research, Center Society Clinical Research, New York Academy Sciences, International Association Comparative Research Leukemia and Related Diseases, Medical Society Finland (external member), Phi BetaKappa, Alpha Omega Alpha, Sigma Delta Epsilon.
Connections
Married Victor A. Bloomfield, June 11, 1962 (divorced 1983). Married Albert de la Chapelle, January 1, 1984.
