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Office
920 Madison Avenue, Department of Psychiatry
2nd Floor
Memphis, TN 38103Phone+1 901-448-2400- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Bio of Dr. Iverson C. Bell Jr.
Dr. Iverson Bell Jr. is a teacher, a training director, a community and private practice psychiatrist, and believes in using technology to provide outreach in those fields. He is the training director for psychiatry at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and has been in that position for 10 years. He previously taught at Morehouse School of Medicine, and has been teaching, using teleconferencing to teach, and practicing telepsychiatry since 1984. Dr. Bell began using telepsychiatry for counselling at a college 1999, and later at the University of Tennessee. He has also used teleconferencing technology to teach healthcare professionals in Ethiopia.
Dr. Bell is one of 40 Black training directors. out of over 300 child and adult psychiatry residency programs and one of less than 900 Black psychiatrists out of 42,000 in the US. He understands the need for both diversity and promoting wellness.
Dr. Bell completed his undergraduate degree from Morehouse College and received his medical degree from Vanderbilt University, School of Medicine. He received psychiatry training at the University of Illinois, Chicago and specialty training at Emory University in child psychiatry. He is Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, a member of the Black Psychiatrists of America, the American Telemedicine Association, and the American Association of Directors of Psychiatry Resident Training
Education & Training
- Emory University School of MedicineFellowship, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1980 - 1982
- University of Illinois College of Medicine at ChicagoResidency, Psychiatry, 1977 - 1980
- Vanderbilt University School of MedicineClass of 1977
Certifications & Licensure
- TN State Medical License 2010 - 2025
- GA State Medical License 1980 - 2025
- MS State Medical License 2011 - 2014
- IL State Medical License 1978 - 1982
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- The Elam Lifetime Achievement Award BPA, 2023
- Iverson Bell Jr., MD Faculty Fellowship (named award) AADPRT, 2023
- DLFAPA (Distinguished Life Fellow of the APA) American Psychiatric Association, 2020
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 2 citationsWho We Are Today: a National Survey of Diversity Among Psychiatry Program Directors.Paul C. Lee, José M. Flores, Adrienne Adams, Myo Thwin Myint, Auralyd Padilla Candelario, Iverson C. Bell, Victor J Avila-Quintero, Consuelo C. Cagande> ;Academic Psychiatry. 2021 Feb 1
- Cross-Cultural Psychiatry and Implications in Education.Iverson C. Bell> ;Academic Psychiatry. 2016 Apr 1
- Soldier Suicide Individuality IndependenceIverson C. Bell> ;Journal of the National Medical Association. 2011 Jul 1
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Books/Book Chapters
Authored Content
- • “Working on the Frontlines From Home: Residents’ Experiences With Telepsychiatry During the COVID-19 Pandemic”January 2021
- • “Black Mental Health: Patients, Providers, and Systems; Chapter 18: Psychiatric Training and Black Mental Health "October 2018
- Cross-Cultural Psychiatry and Implications in EducationOctober 2015
- A Perspective on Soldier SuicideApril 2009
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Professional Memberships
- Member
- American Telemedicine AssociationMember
Hospital Affiliations
- Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown HospitalGermantown, Tennessee
- University of Tennessee Health Science CenterMemphis, Tennessee
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