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Derek Bell
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| Education | University of Edinburgh |
| Known for | First Professor of Acute Medicine in the UK President of Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh Chair in Acute Medicine (Imperial College London) |
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| Profession | Physician |
| Institutions | President, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (2014 - 2020) Chair in Acute Medicine, Imperial College London President, Society for Acute Medicine (2000-2003) Director, National Institute for Health Research CLAHRC for Northwest London |
| Sub-specialties | Acute medicine |
Derek Bell OBE FRCPE is Professor of Acute Medicine at Imperial College London. Bell is the director of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) CLAHRC for Northwest London. He was President (2014 - 2020) of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, elected in November 2013 he took office on 1 March 2014 succeeding Neil Dewhurst. He was re-elected for a second term on 24 November 2016. He was awarded an OBE in the 2018 New Year Honours for services to Unscheduled Care and Quality Improvement.
He studied at the University of Edinburgh graduating in 1980, and was the UK's first Professor of Acute Medicine. He was elected as the inaugural President of the Society for Acute Medicine (SAM) in 2000, in 2013 he was awarded an Honorary Life Fellowship to SAM.