Background
Goldbloom, Richard Ballon was born on December 16, 1924 in Montreal. Son of Alton and Annie Esther (Ballon) Goldbloom.
Goldbloom, Richard Ballon was born on December 16, 1924 in Montreal. Son of Alton and Annie Esther (Ballon) Goldbloom.
Bachelor of Science, McGill University, 1945; Doctor of Medicine, CM, McGill University, 1949; diploma in pediatrics, McGill University, 1953; certified in pediatrics, Royal College Physicians and Surgeons, Canada, 1954; Doctor of Letters (honorary), University College Cape Breton, 1989.
Intern, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, 1949-1950;
Intern, Montreal Children's Hospital, 1950-1951;
resident, Children's Hospital, Boston, 1951-1952;
teaching fellow department pediatrics, Harvard University, 1951-1952;
chief resident, Montreal Children's Hospital, 1952-1953;
assistant physician department medicine, Montreal Children's Hospital, 1957;
physician, associate department metabolism, Montreal Children's Hospital, 1964-1967;
Hosmer teaching fellow department pediatrics, McGill University, 1953-1956;
demonstrator, McGill University, 1957;
associate professor, McGill University, 1964-1967;
professor pediatrics, Dalhousie U., Halifax, Nova Scoti, Canada, since 1967;
head department, Dalhousie U., 1967-1985;
physician in chief, director research, Izaak Walton Killam Hospital for Children, 1967-1985. Consultant staff St. John Regional Hospital, Nova Scoti Rehabilitation Centre. Chairman task force on periodic health examination Health and Welfare Canada, 1985-1994.
Visiting professor Shanghai Medical U., 1985-1986. Sir Arthur Sims Commonwealth traveling professor, 1986. Litchfield lecturer University of Oxford, 1974.
Lecturer in field.
Board of directors Atlantic Symphony Orchestra, 1969-1973, honorary director, 1973-1975, vice president,1975-1976, president, 1976-1979, chairman medical advising committee Canada Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 1969-1972. Director Atlantic Research Centre for Mental Retardation, 1967-1975, 75-85. Board directors Opera East, 1974, Bonny Lea Farm, Nova Scoti Festival of Arts.
Trustee Queen Elizabeth II Fund for Research in Diseases of Children. Board directors Muscular Dystrophy Association Canada. Vice president Symphony of Nova Scoti, 1986-1989.
Chairman Rhodes Scholarship Selection Committee (Maritime Provinces). Honorary director Symphony Nova Scoti, IWK Grace Health Center Foundation. Member Society Pediat.
Research, Canada Society Clinical Investigation, American Pediat. Society, Association Medical School Pediat. Department Chairman, Canada Pediat.
Society (president 1985-1986), American Academy Pediat., Canada Association Pediat. Hospitals, Canada Medical Association(senior), Halifax Medical Society, Lunenburg Yacht Club, Bluenose Golf Club, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Ruth Miriam Schwartz, June 25, 1946. Children— Alan L., Barbara, David S.