Dr. Steven M. Bloom completed his undergraduate and medical education in a combined 6-year BA-MD program at Lehigh University (summa cum laude) and the Medical College of Pennsylvania (cum laude). He did his residency in ophthalmology at the Tufts-New England Medical Center in Boston. He returned to Philadelphia for his fellowship in medical and surgical vitreoretinal diseases at the Scheie Eye Institute and the University of Pennsylvania. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Ophthalmology and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.