JohnLBellMD, FACS
General Surgery • Knoxville, TNBreast, Surgical Oncology (Other than Breast)
Director-Univ. of TN Medical Center Cancer Institute, University Surgical Oncology-Univ. of TN Medical Center Knoxville, Professor-Department of Surgery-Univ. of TN Graduate School of Medicine
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Office
1926 Alcoa Hwy
Suite 310, Building F
Knoxville, TN 37920Phone+1 865-305-9572Fax+1 865-305-6743- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Dr. John L. Bell received his medical degree from the University of Alabama/Birmingham, following which he completed an internship and residency in General Surgery in 1986 at the same facility. Dr. Bell then completed a fellowship in Surgical Oncology at the University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center in 1988. Immediately following his fellowship, Dr. Bell was recruited by the Department of Surgery to develop a Division of Surgical Oncology and an overall oncology program at the University of Tennessee Medical Center.
Dr. Bell currently serves as Director of the Cancer Institute at the University of Tennessee Medical Center, a Professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine and a Surgical Oncologist with University Surgical Oncology. He is certified by the American Board of Surgery.
Dr. Bell is a member of numerous societies including the Southern Surgical Association, the American College of Surgeons, the Southeastern Surgical Congress, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, and the American Society of Breast Surgeons. He is past-president of the National Consortium of Breast Centers 2011-2013, and has authored numerous publications and abstracts.
Education & Training
University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer CenterResidency, Complex General Surgical Oncology, 1986 - 1988
University of Alabama Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 1980 - 1986
University of Alabama School of MedicineClass of 1980
Certifications & Licensure
TN State Medical License 1988 - 2025
AL State Medical License 1981 - 2024
TX State Medical License 1988 - 1989- American Board of Surgery Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Member, Southern Surgical Association
- Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Contralateral prophylactic mastectomy in a rural population: A single-institution experience.Devin J Clegg, Erica N Whiteaker, Brett J Salomon, Kaylan N Gee, Christopher G Porter, Thomas W Mazonas, R Eric Heidel, Ashton J Brooks, John L Bell, Stefanos Boukoval...> ;Surgery Open Science. 2024 Mar 1
- The Development of Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema After Mastectomy in a Rural Population.Devin J Clegg, Erica N Whiteaker, Ashton J Brooks, John L Bell, Stefanos Boukovalas, Patricia N E Roberson, Jillian M Lloyd, Salomon, B.> ;The American Surgeon. 2023 Aug 1
- Adenosquamous carcinoma of the breast, an uncommon diagnosis with poor prognosis-Lessons learned from a 12-year analysis of the National Cancer Database.Katherine Cochrane, John L. Bell, Robert E. Heidel, Amila Orucevic> ;The Breast Journal. 2021 Jan 22
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Press Mentions
Caris' Precision Oncology Alliance Welcomes the Cancer Institute at the University of Tennessee Medical CenterOctober 11th, 2022- The COVID-19 Vaccines ExplainedJanuary 14th, 2022
Professional Memberships
- Member
- Fellow
- Southern Surgical AssociationMember
- Member
- Member
- Society of Surgical OncologyMember
- National Consortium of Breast CentersMember
- Southeastern Surgical CongressFellow
Hospital Affiliations
University of Tennessee Medical CenterKnoxville, Tennessee
External Links
- University of Tennessee Medical Center Cancer Institutehttp://www.utmedicalcenter.org/cancer-institute/
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