
John F Bell MD MPH, SFHM
Hospital Medicine/Hospitalist
Professor of Medicine, Associate Vice Chief - Clinical Operations, Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Medicine / Information Services Medical Director - Inpatient Lead, University of Calfornia, San Diego School of Medicine
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200 West Arbor Dr.8485San Diego, CA 92103
Phone+1 619-471-9198
Fax+1 619-543-8255
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Summary
- John Bell, MD, is an internal medicine specialist with a subspecialty in hospital medicine, based in San Diego, CA. He completed his residency in internal medicine at the University of Virginia Medical Center after graduating from the University of Virginia School of Medicine in 2007. Dr. Bell has served as a professor of clinical medicine at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine since 2022, and as an associate professor since 2018, with a previous role as an assistant professor there and at the University of Virginia. His expertise includes health technology/informatics, quality improvement, and hospital medicine. Dr. Bell has published several papers, including on electronic health records and clinical decision-making tools.
Education & Training
- University of Virginia Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 2007 - 2010
- University of Virginia School of MedicineClass of 2007
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 2012 - 2025
- VA State Medical License 2007 - 2012
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 4 citationsImplementation of an electronic health record-integrated instant messaging system in an academic health system.Brian Kwan, John F Bell, Christopher A Longhurst, Nicole H Goldhaber, Brian Clay
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 2024-04-03 - 1 citationsComparing the Use of DynaMed and UpToDate by Physician Trainees in Clinical Decision-Making: A Randomized Crossover Trial.Sally L Baxter, Lina Lander, Brian Clay, John Bell, Kristen Hansen
Applied Clinical Informatics. 2022-01-01 - Lessons from Walking the Medical Distancing Tightrope.Ian Jenkins, Meghan Sebasky, John Bell, Sarah Horman, Jonathan Hong
Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. 2020-05-28
Authored Content
- Social Distancing Comes to the Medicine WardsApril 2020
- Treatment of recurrent C. difficile infectionNovember 2019
- Prophylaxis and Treatment of Venous Thromboembolism in Cancer PatientsJanuary 2016
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