Rodney D. Bell MD

Rodney D. Bell, MD, has served as the Vice Chairman, Department of Neurology for Hospital Affairs since 2005, and is currently the Director of the Residency Program, Department of Neurology at Thomas Jefferson. He earned his MD degree from University of Oregon Medical School in Portland, Oregon, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude. He received his post-graduate training as a resident in Internal Medicine at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, Texas, and as a resident in Neurology, and Teaching Associate in Neurology, at the University of Texas Health Science Center, Dallas, Texas.

Dr. Bell has held positions as Assistant Professor of Medicine, Neurology, at University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, as well as Acting Director of the EEG Labs, at University of Texas and the Audie Murphy VA Hospital. From 1985 to 1993, he served as Associate Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery, at Thomas Jefferson University Medical College, as well as Director of the Cerebrovascular Center, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. He is licensed by the American Board of Internal Medicine, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, and Vascular Neurology, as well as being licensed in California, Pennsylvania and Delaware.

He has served on various Ad Hoc Reviews, Scientific Advisory Boards, and Speaker's Bureaus, as well as being a member of numerous organizations including the Texas Neurological Association, American Academy of Neurology, Critical Care Society and Fellow of the American Heart Association Stroke Council. Dr. Bell was a "Top Doc" for Philadelphia Magazine in 1991, 1994, 1999 and 2005, and a "Top Doc for Women" in the same magazine in 2000. He was also recognized as a "Star for Stroke" award by the National Stroke Association. He is involved in numerous departmental activities and hospital committees. Dr. Bell is the recipient of many grants for research, trials and studies. He has had books, chapters and papers published, focusing on stroke, atherothrombosis, electroencephalopathy, neurological disease and surgery.