Dr. David Bell
Professor
Email: david.bell@dal.ca
Phone: 902-425-3940
Fax: 902-422-0033
Mailing Address:
- Bladder cancer
- Prostate cancer
- Urologic cancer
Recent Publications
Bitcon, Christopher, Stewart Whalen, Jenna Coleman, Ricardo Rendon, Greg Bailly, David Bell, Ashley Cox, Jon Duplisea, Karthik Tenankore, and Ross Mason. “Utility of Postoperative Serial Renal Function Monitoring in Patients Undergoing Radical Cystectomy for Urothelial Carcinoma.” Annals of Surgical Oncology 29, no. 8 (August 2022): 5333–37. https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-022-11667-1.
Gillis, Charles, Gabriela Ilie, Ross Mason, Gregory Bailly, Joseph Lawen, David Bowes, Nikhilesh Patil, Derek Wilke, Robert David Harold Rutledge, and David Bell. “Personality Traits and Urinary Symptoms Are Associated with Mental Health Distress in Patients with a Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer.” Current Oncology 28, no. 4 (2021): 2993–3002.
MacDonald, Landan, Jesse Ory, Ricardo A. Rendon, Gregory Bailly, Thomas Skinner, Ashley Cox, Gavin Langille, and David Bell. “Using GoPro to Create an Educational Database of Open Urological Procedures for Residents.” Canadian Urological Association Journal 15, no. 6 (2021): 207.
Education
- BSc (Dalhousie University)
- MD (Dalhousie University)
- Internship (St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC)
- Urology Residency (Dalhousie University)
- Fellowship in Urologic Oncology (Laval & University Medical Center, Indianapolis, Indiana)
Designations
- FRCSC
- Department Chief & Head, Department of Urology, Dalhousie University & NSHA, 2008-2018
Current Department Roles
- Member, Promotions Committee, Dalhousie University
Biography
Dr. Bell is a native Nova Scotian, born in Liverpool, NS. He completed his undergraduate and medical degrees at Dalhousie University. He fulfilled his internship at St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver and following a year of Primary Care returned to complete a Urology residency at Dalhousie University. He completed further Fellowship training in Urologic Oncology at Laval University and at the Indiana University Medical Centre, Indianapolis, Indiana and joined the Faculty of Medicine at Dalhousie in 1992. Dr David G. Bell served two terms as Department Head for the Department of Urology from 2008-2018.
Dr Bell has a major interest in Urologic Oncology with a primary interest in bladder and prostate cancer.