Russell Lawrence Bell, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Department: Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Contact information
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street, 6 Dulles Building
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street, 6 Dulles Building
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-879-7246
Fax: 215-893-7270
Fax: 215-893-7270
Education:
B.S. (Biology)
University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1997.
M.D. (Medicine)
Georgetown University Medical School, 2006.
Permanent linkB.S. (Biology)
University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1997.
M.D. (Medicine)
Georgetown University Medical School, 2006.
Description of Clinical Expertise
Complex REgiopnsl Pain Syndrome, NeuromodulationSelected Publications
Andrew Conroya, Warren B. Bilkera, Christopher J. Millera, Charles E. Argoffb, Russell Bell,Jennifer Haythornthwaite, Jennifer S. Gewandtere ,Ian Gilron, Katherine N. Thekeng,John T. Farrara: Predictors of response to full agonist opioids in enriched enrollment randomized withdrawal clinical trials: a participant-level data meta-analysis. Pain Reports September 2025.Andrew Conroya, Warren B. Bilkera, Christopher J. Millera, Charles E. Argoffb, Russell Bellc, Jennifer Haythornthwaited, Jennifer S. Gewandtere, Ian Gilronf, Katherine N. Thekeng, John T. Farrara : Predictors of successful initiation of buprenorphine in enriched enrollment randomized withdrawal clinical trials in both opioid experienced and na¨ıve participants: a participant-level meta-analysis. Pain Research September 2025.
Christopher J Miller 1, Warren B Bilker 1, Ian DeLorey 1, Charles E Argoff 2, Russell L Bell 3, Andrew Conroy 1, Jennifer S Gewandter 4, Ian Gilron 5 6 7 8, Jennifer A Haythornthwaite 9, Nathaniel P Katz 10, Tara McWilliams 1, Katherine N Theken 11, John T Farrar : Minimum clinically important differences in acute pain: a patient-level re-analysis of randomized controlled analgesic trials submitted to the US Food and Drug Administration. Pain Pain Research 10(1097): 1-9, May 2025.
Russell Bell, Adrian Popescu, Fangyu Chen: PRESENT AND POTENTIAL USE OF SPINAL CORD STIMULATION TO CONTROL CHRONIC PAIN: AN UPDATE. 48th Annual Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine 2023.
Russell L Bell, Judith Barnett, Micheal Ashburn : Evidence-Based Practice of Anesthesiology Chapter 59 - Optimal Postoperative Analgesia for the Opiate-Tolerant Patient. Elsvier Elsvier, 2022.
Gurtej Bajaj, Warren A. Southerland, Ignacio Badiola, Russell Bell: Post Dural Puncture Headache After Removal of Spinal Cord Stimulator Leads: A Case Report. 10.7759/cureus.29665 2022.
Gurtej Bajaj MD, Hector Marquez MD, and Russell Bell MD: Complete Resolution of Chronic Post-dural Puncture Headache from Cervical Decompression after Epidural Blood Patch Administration. ASRA 2022 Notes: Poster Presentation.
John T. Farrar, MD, PhD ,Warren B. Bilker, PhD ,Philip T. Cochetti, BA Andrew Coughlin, MS,Charles E Argoff, MD,Russel Bell, MD,Jennifer Haythornthwaite, PhD,Ian Gilron, MD, MSc, FRCPC,Nathaniel P. Katz, MD, MS : Determinants of patient outcomes with long-acting abuse deterrent opioid formulations for chronic non-cancer related pain treatment for 12 months. - 2022.
Akshay Bhatt MD, Dan Taylor MD, Russell Bell MD: Treatment of Pain Due to Winged Scapula With Spinal Cord Stimulation: A Case Report. American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians Pain Medicine Case Reports 5(4): 227-230, 2021.
Jason J. Song, MD, PhD, Adrian Popescu, MD, and Russell L. Bell, MD: Present and Potential Use of Spinal Cord Stimulation to Control Chronic Pain. Pain Physician 17: 235-246, June 2014.