Mary Bell

Mary J. Bell, M.D., FRCP(C)
Introduction biography

Dr. Bell is Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto and Division Head and Staff Rheumatologist, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. Dr. Bell received her medical degree and her master’s degree in design, measurement and evaluation in clinical epidemiology and biostatistics from McMaster University, Hamilton and completed her postgraduate training at McMaster and the University of Toronto.

Dr. Bell is the Director of Continuing Education in the Department of Medicine, University of Toronto and is also a research scientist in the Arthritis Community Research and Evaluation Unit and in the Arthritis and Immune Disorder Research Centre, University Health Network in Toronto.

A Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, Canada, Dr. Bell is one of the lead investigators on the National Getting a Grip on Arthritis project, funded by Health Canada’s Primary Health Care Transition fund. She is also the National Director of the Patient Partners® in Arthritis Program, and is involved in several other research projects in the areas of medical education, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, and osteoporosis.