American Head & Neck Society

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R. Bryan Bell – Portland Oregon

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R. Bryan Bell

Providence Cancer Institute

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4805 NE Glisan St. Suite 2N35
Portland, Oregon 97213
United States
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Dr. Bell is a fellowship trained head and neck oncologic surgeon and oral and maxillofacial surgeon whose clinical practice is focused on the comprehensive surgical management of patients with head and neck cancer, including tumors of the oral cavity, oropharynx, larynx, thyroid and skull base. His primary research interest is in developing novel approaches to enhance the effectiveness of surgery for the treatment of head and neck cancer. Currently, his work focuses on modulating the tumor microenvironment prior to surgery by reversing immunosuppression through monoclonal antibodies, vaccines and bioengineered materials for local drug delivery, as well as the discovery of biomarkers to predict response to immunotherapy. Using his surgical practice to run clinical trials in the neoadjuvant setting, Dr. Bell’s work bridges basic, translational and clinical activities. He has also contributed to the clinical development of virtual surgical planning, transoral robotic surgery, and sentinel lymph node biopsy for patients with head and neck cancer. His work has been published in more than 150 scientific articles and book chapters and he is co-author of two major textbooks published by Elsevier, including "Oral, Head and Neck Oncology and Reconstructive Surgery". Dr. Bell previously directed the Providence fellowship in head and neck oncologic and reconstructive microvascular surgery and has successfully mentored dozens of fellows and residents in surgery and clinical research. He has served on National Institutes of Health Head and Neck Steering Committee’s Immmunotherapy Clinical Trials Planning Group and the Task Force on Previously Untreated/Locally Advanced (PULA) Disease. He has also served on a number of editorial boards for peer review journals. Dr. Bell is Past President and Co-Founder of the American Academy of Craniomaxillofacial Surgeons; Past President of The American College of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons; and has held various leadership positions for the American College of Surgeons, American Cancer Society, American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, American Head and Neck Society, and Oregon Medical Society.  

Dr. Bell is currently Physician Executive and Director, Division of Surgical Oncology, Radiation Oncology, and Clinical Programs for Providence Cancer Institute- Oregon; Medical Director of the Providence Head and Neck Cancer Program; and Member and Director of Surgical Oncology Research at the Earle A. Chiles Research Institute, a division of the Providence Cancer Institute. In this role he provides vision, leadership, strategy and oversight for all clinical oncology programs and surgical oncology research throughout the Oregon region. Through his appointment as Co-Chair of the Cancer Leadership Council at Providence, he also provides leadership for the entire cancer service line in Providence’s 52-hospital health system spanning 7 western U.S. states, within which more than 45,000 cancer patients are treated annually.  

https://research.providence.org/clinical-trials-list/?location=OR&clinicalProgram=cancer&keyword=head+and+neck&page=1

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/1vsCreBjecO5y/bibliography/public/