Richard Bryan Bell, MD FACS

Dr. Bell is currently Physician Executive and Director, Division of Surgical Oncology, Radiation Oncology, and Clinical Programs for Providence Health and Services- Oregon; Medical Director of the Providence Head and Neck Cancer Program and Director of Surgical Oncology Research at the Earle A. Chiles Research Institute in the Robert W. Franz Cancer Center, a division of the Providence Cancer Institute. In this role he provides vision, leadership, strategy and oversight for all clinical oncology programs throughout the Oregon region. Dr. Bell is a fellowship trained oral and maxillofacial/head and neck oncologic surgeon, whose clinical practice and research is focused on using technologically and biologically advanced approaches to the comprehensive surgical management of patients with head and neck cancer, including tumors of the oral cavity, oropharynx, larynx, thyroid and skull base. His work has been published over 150 scientific articles and book chapters and he is co-author of two major textbooks published by Elsevier, "Oral, Head and Neck Oncology and Reconstructive Surgery", as well as "Current Therapy in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery". Dr. Bell has an academic appointment at Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU), and directs the Providence fellowship in head and neck oncologic and reconstructive microvascular surgery, in which he has successfully mentored dozens of fellows and residents in surgery and clinical research. He has served on National Institutes of Health committees and on a number of editorial boards for peer review journals. Dr. Bell is Past President and Co-Founder of the American Academy of Craniomaxillofacial Surgeons; Past President of The American College of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons; and has held various leadership positions for the American College of Surgeons, American Cancer Society, American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, American Head and Neck Society, and Oregon Medical Society.

Jaw, Facial Trauma

Oral Cancer / Tumors

• oral cancer
• oral cavity tumors

Providence Cancer Center, Providence Portland Medical Center

Portland, Oregon,

Director

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Adjunct Professor