DENTISTRY - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Member of the Pierre Fauchard Academy

Dr. Mike Bloom is a native of North Idaho, a graduate of Coeur d'Alene High School and the University of Idaho. He received his doctorate of Dental Medicine in 1999 from the University of Pittsburgh. In 1999 Dr. Bloom began working as an associate dentist with his uncle, Dr. Vince Rossi, who opened our Hayden office in 1971. Upon Dr. Rossi's retirement in 2005, Dr. Bloom purchased the practice. He says "Being able to treat the same patients as my uncle, as well as the next generation of those patients, is a true honor." Dr. Bloom is a member of the Pierre Fauchard Academy, an international dental honor organization that recognizes leadership, ethics and integrity in the dental profession. He is active in the Idaho State Dental Association (ISDA) and Idaho Panhandle Dental Society (IPDS). He is also a past president of the Idaho Panhandle Dental Society (2007-08). Additionally, Dr. Bloom has served on the Panhandle Peer Review Committee since 2005. As a result of this service, in 2010 Dr. Bloom was appointed State Chairman of the ISDA Peer Review Committee. He embraces many opportunities for continuing education in order to provide excellent dentistry to his patients. Dr. Bloom's true passion is his family, wife Janel, and kids Jack and Maggie. He is a proud supporter of local education and athletics including University of Idaho and Coeur d'Alene High School. Currently he serves on the board for CHS Viking Booster Club and Education Foundation.

Dr. Rita DeVore received her bachelor's degree in Cellular Biology from the University of Washington on a U.S. Army ROTC scholarship and at the same time received her commission as a second lieutenant in 1996. She was granted an educational delay and three year dental scholarship from the army to receive her doctorate of dental surgery from Creighton University Dental School in Omaha, Nebraska. Upon graduating from dental school, Dr. DeVore was promoted to the rank of Captain. Dr. DeVore completed Officer Basic Course at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, and then completed a one year residency in the Army Advanced Education in General Dentistry residency for one year at Fort Lewis, Washington. Her first duty assignment was at the Hanau Dental Clinic in Hanau, Germany for two years. She was then appointed the Officer in Charge of the Budingen Dental Clinic in Budingen, Germany for the last year of her assignment. Her next three year duty assignment was as a general dentist at Fort Knox, Kentucky. She was honorably discharged as a Major in 2007, whereupon she and her husband moved to north Idaho to practice dentistry. (Her husband, Dr. Terry DeVore, is a native of Coeur d'Alene, and operates his own dental practice in Spirit Lake, Idaho.) She joined Dr. Bloom's practice and the Idaho State Dental Association in September 2007. Dr. DeVore asserts that going through braces two times was her inspiration to pursue dentistry. (That's a lot of time in a dental chair!) She enjoys activities with her children, Casey and Payden, and working on home improvement projects with her husband. Some of Dr. DeVore's other interests include travel, gardening, and reading.