Derek Bell (physician)

Derek Bell
Education Edinburgh University
Known for First Professor of Acute Medicine in the UK
President of Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
Chair in Acute Medicine (Imperial College London)

Medical career

Profession physician
Institutions President, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (2014 - present)
Chair in Acute Medicine, Imperial College London
President, Society for Acute Medicine (2000-2003)
Director, National Institute for Health Research CLAHRC for Northwest London
Specialism Acute medicine

Derek Bell is Professor of Acute Medicine at Imperial College London.[1][2] He is currently President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh,[3] elected in November 2013 he took office on 1 March 2014 succeeding Neil Dewhurst.[4]

He studied at Edinburgh University graduating in 1980 and was the UK’s first Professor of Acute Medicine.[5] He was elected as the inaugural President of the Society for Acute Medicine (SAM) in 2000,[6] in 2013 he was awarded an Honorary Life Fellowship to SAM.[7]

Academic offices
Preceded by
Neil Dewhurst		 President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
2014– 		Succeeded by
Incumbent

References

  1. ↑ http://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/d.bell
  2. ↑ http://www.londonhp.nhs.uk/get-involved/clinical-engagement/clinical-directors/
  3. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-35916062
  4. ↑ http://www.rcpe.ac.uk/press-release/new-rcpe-president-vice-president-elected
  5. ↑ http://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/d.bell
  6. ↑ http://www.acutemedicine.org.uk/news/life-fellowships-for-top-uk-academics-at-international-acute-medicine-conference/
  7. ↑ http://www.acutemedicine.org.uk/about/8052-2/


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