Education
Bloom was educated at Queens" College, Cambridge where he was awarded a Master of Arts degree in 1968 and a Doctor of Medicine degree in 1979. He received his Doctor of Science (Doctor of Science) degree from the University of London in 1982. Bloom completed appointments as a house officer, senior house officer and specialist registrar at Middlesex Hospital, University College London, where he also received his Medical Research Council (Medical Research Council) Clinical Research Fellowship training.