NIA Appoints Dr. Bob Bell as Senior Fellow
Dr. Bob Bell
MDCM, MSc, FRCSC, FACS, FRCSE (hon)
The NIA is honoured to announce that Dr. Bob Bell is joining the NIA as a Senior Fellow.
“Bob Bell is a well recognized and respected healthcare thought leader internationally. As a renowned surgeon, former CEO of Canada’s largest academic health care network, and Deputy Minister of Ontario’s Ministry of Health his expertise will be welcome as a Senior Fellow of the NIA,” said Dr. Samir Sinha, NIA Director of Health Policy Research.
On joining the NIA, Dr. Bell said, “Thought leadership on responding to the needs of an ageing citizenry is fundamental to the sustainability of our publicly funded health system. I look forward to learning from and contributing to the important work done by NIA.”
Dr. Bell served in the Ontario government as Deputy Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, from 2014 to 2018. Prior to this, he held roles as the President and CEO of the University Health Network, COO at Princess Margaret Hospital, 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 sub-specialty 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 40 years of health care experience.
Today he provides expert advice to a number of private and public organizations and has published his first novel “Hip.” All proceeds from that novel benefit the Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation.
The National Institute on Ageing is a Ryerson University think tank focused on the realities of Canada’s ageing population. We are Canada’s only think tank dedicated to policy solutions at the intersections of healthcare, financial security, and social well-being. Through our work, our mission is to enhance successful ageing across the life course and to make Canada the best place grow up and grow old.
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By Arianne Persaud | Communications and Public Affairs Manager, National Institute on Ageing| Email: Arianne.persaud@ryerson.ca