Kathleen R. Bell, MD

Professor
Rehabilitation Physician
Medical Director, Rehabilitation Medicine Ambulatory Care
Medical Director, Brain Injury Rehabilitation Program

Patient Care
Dr. Bell's clinical interests include traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic headache, minimally responsive state, brain tumor, stroke, and anoxic brain injury.

My goal in working with persons who have had an injury of any kind to their brain is to empower them to assume a productive life through medicine, therapy and mentoring.

Research
Her research areas are post-acute models of care for brain injury, exercise and depression after brain injury, sleep disorders after brain injury, and medical education.

Teaching
Dr. Bell is The Project Director of the University of Washington Traumatic Brain Injury Model System which has produced two videoconference series viewed live across Washington State. She serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation and is the Educational Coordinator for the Brain Injury Association of Washington.

Training
Dr. Bell earned a B.S.N. from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.D. from Temple University. She completed her residency and fellowship in PM&R at the University of Washington.

Selected Publications:
Bell KR , Esselman P, Garner MD, Doctor J, Bombardier C, Toshima M, Johnson K, Dalisky R, Temkin N, Dikmen SS. The use of a WorldWideWeb-based consultation site to provide support to telephone staff in a traumatic brain injury demonstration project. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation 2003;18 (6):504-511.

National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. Report to Congress on Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in the United States: Steps to Prevent a Serious Public Health Problem. Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2003. (Bell KR: Definitions Subgroup).

Bell KR, Pepping M: Women and Traumatic Brain Injury. Phys Med Rehabil Clinics of North America. 2001; 82: 169-81.

Bell KR , Hoffman JM, Doctor JN, Powell J, Esselman PC, Bombardier CH, Fraser, R, Dikmen S. Development of a Telephone Follow Up Program for Individuals Following Traumatic Brain Injury, Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation 2004;19 (6):502-512.

Webster J, Bell KR, Hussey JD, Lakshminarayan S, Natale T: Sleep apnea in adult traumatic brain injury: a preliminary investigation. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2001 (Mar); 82: 316-3.