Dr. Robert Bell President & CEO University Health Network

Dr. Robert Bell received his Bachelor of Science and Medical Doctorate degrees from McGill University in Montreal, Canada. Following 3 years of Family Medicine in Brampton, Ontario, he went on to the University of Toronto where he completed his orthopedic residency training, as well as his Masters of Science.

After completing a 2-year Fellowship in Clinical Musculoskeletal Oncology and Oncology Research at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard University, he joined the University of Toronto as a faculty member, and is currently a Professor of Surgery, Division of Orthopedics. He is the past Director of the University Musculoskeletal Oncology Unit in Mount Sinai Hospital. Dr. Bell is also an Honourary Lecturer at the University of Western Ontario. He has been the recipient of numerous teaching awards, is the author of over 170 peer-reviewed publications relating to orthopedic oncology and is the co-author of “A Clinical Guide to Primary Bone Tumours.”

In July of 2000, Dr. Bell was appointed Vice President, Chief Operating Officer of Princess Margaret Hospital. Later that same year, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research awarded Dr. Bell and his colleagues more than 6 million dollars for 5 years for their Interdisciplinary Health Research Team Project in Musculoskeletal Neoplasia. From July 2003 to June 2005, Dr. Bell was Chair of the Clinical Council for Cancer Care Ontario (CCO) as well as a Regional Vice President (Toronto) for CCO. In April and May of 2005, Dr. Bell completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.

On 16 June 2005, Dr. Bell assumed the role of President and Chief Executive Officer of University Health Network, consisting of Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto General and Toronto Western Hospitals.