Mary Bell

Dr. Mary Jane Bell, M.D., FRCP(C), is a Canadian physician and rheumatologist located in Toronto, Ontario. She is notable during the COVID-19 pandemic due to her position with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario.

Bell is registered to conduct business as Mary Jane Bell Medicine Professional Corporation. The initial filing was dated June 1, 2010, though the corporation name appears to include a typo.¹⁾

Dr. Bell attended McGill University, graduating in 1973 with her Bachelor of Sciences in Physical Therapy. She received her medical degree in 1979 and her Master’s degree in design, measurement and evaluation in clinical epidemiology and biostatistics from McMaster University in 1988.²⁾ She completed her postgraduate training at McMaster and the University of Toronto.

Bell has received several grant awards from the Canadian Rheumatology Association.^{3) 4) 5)}

The CRA is sponsored by AbbVie, Gilead Sciences, Janssen, Novartis, Pfizer, Amgen, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly, AstraZeneca, Fresenius, Boehringer Ingelheim, Merck, Organon, GlaxoSmithKline, Medexus, Roche, Sobi, Viatris, Teva Pharmaceuticals, UCB, Accord Healthcare, Sandoz, Alexion, JAMP Pharma, Innomar Strategies, Sanofi, Mallinckrodt, Association of Women in Rheumatology, Celltrion Healthcare, Esaote, The Rounds Network, Arthritis Society, MD Financial Management, the Canadian Medical Association Celgene, and Scotiabank.^{6) 7) 8) 9)}

Bell is the Academic Representative for the University of Toronto at the CPSO.¹⁰⁾

Bell is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

Bell has hospital privileges at Southlake Regional Health Centre.¹¹⁾

Bell is an Associate Scientist in Evaluative Clinical Sciences and clinician investigator at the Sunnybrook Research Institute, working as Division Head and Staff Rheumatologist, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.¹²⁾ Her work is in partnership with the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES).¹³⁾

Bell is a research scientist in the Arthritis Community Research and Evaluation Unit and in the Arthritis and Immune Disorder Research Centre, University Health Network in Toronto.

Bell is Director of Continuing Education in the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto.¹⁴⁾

A LinkedIn page apparently representing Bell lists her as having worked as a healthcare marketing consultant with Martine Taylor Consulting from 2004-2006.¹⁵⁾

Bell is one of the lead investigators on the National Getting a Grip on Arthritis project, funded by Health Canada’s Primary Health Care Transition fund and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).¹⁶⁾

Dr. Bell's research is focused on arthritis and medical education. Her latest project, “Self-Assessment Triage in Inflammatory Arthritis: A Pilot Study,” is funded by Canadian Initiative for Outcomes in Rheumatology Care (CIORA).

She recently completed a study funded by CIORA on medication adherence in people with rheumatoid arthritis.