Robert Bell, MD
Robert Bell served as Ontario’s Deputy Minister of Health from 2014 to 2018. Prior to this role, he worked as President and Chief Executive Officer of University Health Network (UHN) or nine years. He was previously the Chief Operating Officer at Princess Margaret Hospital, the Chair of Cancer Care Ontario’s Clinical Council and the Cancer Quality Council of Ontario. Dr. Bell received his Doctor of Medicine from McGill University, a Master of Science from the University of Toronto and achieved his Fellowship in Orthopaedic Surgery in 1983. He completed training in Orthopaedic Cancer Surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard University in 1985, and the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School in 2005. Dr. Bell is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, the American College of Surgeons and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. As an internationally recognized orthopedic surgeon, health system executive, clinician-scientist, and educator, Dr. Bell has more than 45 years of health care experience. Today he provides advice to a number of private and public organizations and has published his first novel “Hip”. His second novel “New Doc in Maple Ridge” is now on sale. All proceeds from these novels benefit UHN foundations.
Robert Bell served as Ontario’s Deputy Minister of Health from 2014 to 2018. Prior to this role, he worked as President and Chief Executive Officer of University Health Network (UHN) or nine years. He was previously the Chief Operating Officer at Princess Margaret Hospital, the Chair of Cancer Care Ontario’s Clinical Council and the Cancer Quality Council of Ontario.
Dr. Bell received his Doctor of Medicine from McGill University, a Master of Science from the University of Toronto and achieved his Fellowship in Orthopaedic Surgery in 1983. He completed training in Orthopaedic Cancer Surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard University in 1985, and the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School in 2005.
Dr. Bell is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, the American College of Surgeons and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. As an internationally recognized orthopedic surgeon, health system executive, clinician-scientist, and educator, Dr. Bell has more than 45 years of health care experience.
Today he provides advice to a number of private and public organizations and has published his first novel “Hip”. His second novel “New Doc in Maple Ridge” is now on sale. All proceeds from these novels benefit UHN foundations.
Ten Ideas to Make Canadian Healthcare Faster, Better, Smarter Dr. Bell will describe ten initiatives to make Canadian healthcare faster, better, smarter and in many cases cheaper. This talk is based on an 11-part series published recently in the Globe and Mail that Dr. Bell co-authored.
Ten Ideas to Make Canadian Healthcare Faster, Better, Smarter
Dr. Bell will describe ten initiatives to make Canadian healthcare faster, better, smarter and in many cases cheaper. This talk is based on an 11-part series published recently in the Globe and Mail that Dr. Bell co-authored.
This event is part of the Fall 2022 Speaker series. Register for the Fall 2022 Event Series.
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