ATTORNEY PROFILE

MARTIN L. BELL, M.D., J.D.

EDUCATION:

• Graduate of Brookline High School, Brookline, Massachusetts, with Honors, June 1961

• B.A. in Medical Sciences, cum laude, Boston University, May 1967

• M.D., cum laude, Boston University School of Medicine, May 1967

• J.D., Loyola University Law School, New Orleans, December 1990

POST GRADUATE TRAINING:

• Intern in Surgery, Boston University Hospital, 1967-68

• Completed residency in General Surgery, Boston University Hospital, 1973

• N.I.H. Trainee in Academic Surgery, 1968-73, including two years of full-time research

• Completed residency in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Tulane University,
  New Orleans, 1975

AWARDS:

• Alpha Omega Alpha, National Medical Honor Society, 1966

• Alumni Award for Outstanding Scholastic Achievement, Boston University School of
  Medicine, 1966

• Mosby Scholarship Book Award for Scholastic Excellence, Boston University School
  of Medicine, 1976

• B.A. and M.D. cum laude, Boston University, 1967

HOSPITAL STAFF APPOINTMENTS:

• Baton Rouge General Medical Center; Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center;
  Medical Center of Baton Rouge and Earl K. Long Charity Hospital, Baton Rouge,
  Louisiana, 1975 to 1997

• Charity Hospital of New Orleans and Tulane University Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana,
  1975 to 1997

• Scottsdale Memorial Hospital, Scottsdale, Arizona, 1997 to date

• Paradise Valley Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona, 2001 to date

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:

• Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery (Plastic), Tulane University School of Medicine,
  New Orleans, Louisiana, Current

SOCIETIES:

• Alpha Omega Alpha, National Medical Honor Society, 1966

• American College of Surgeons, 1977

• American Bar Association – Health Care Law Section 1991

• Arizona State Bar Association, 1998

• Maricopa County Bar Association, 1999

• National Health Lawyers Association, 1992

• American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery, 2006

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS:

• American Board of Surgery, 1974

• American Board of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 1976

• American Board of Cosmetic Surgery, 1986

MEDICAL LICENSURE:

• Certificate of the National Board of Medical Examiners, July, 1968

• Louisiana, December, 1973

• California, October, 1971

• Arizona, March, 1996

LAW LICENSURE:

• Admitted to Louisiana State Bar, 1991

• Admitted to Arizona State Bar, 1998

MEDICAL EXPERIENCE:

• 30 years private practice of all aspects of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
  Director of Plastic Surgery Division of Handicapped Children’s Service for the State of
  Louisiana, 1975 to 1997.

• Director, Plastic Surgery Center of Baton Rouge, 1985 to 1997.

• Two missions to El Salvador for Plastic Surgery on behalf of Partners of the Americas,
  1976, 1977.

• Director, American International Plastic Surgery Clinic, Curacao, Netherlands, Antilles,
  1980-84.

• Visiting Professor of Plastic Surgery, Surgical Hair Restoration. Baylor University College
  of Medicine, Houston, Texas, 1986.

• Louisiana Health Advisory Services PSRO board member 1979-1983.

• Chief of Plastic Surgery, Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, 1978-79, 1983-84;

• Baton Route General Medical Center 1976-77, 1986-87.

• Graduate training in Hyperbaric Medicine, Nix Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas,
  March, 2001p

• Currently practicing in Phoenix and Scottsdale, Arizona, February 1997 - date.

• Health Services Advisory Group Case Review, 1998 to date.

• Credentials Committee, Scottsdale Phoenix Healthcare Osborn, 2001-2003.

• Credentials Committee, Paradise Valley Hospital, 2004 to date.

• Chairman, ByLaws Committee, Paradise Valley Hospital, 2005 to date.

LAW EXPERIENCE:

• Arizona Bar Association – Sworn in October 16, 1998 – Bar Roll Number 018990

• Louisiana Bar Association – Sworn in October 11, 1991. Bar Roll Number 20693.

• 18 years experience in medical-legal record review and analysis and as expert witness.
  Qualified as expert witness in General Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Hand Surgery, Hair
  Restoration Surgery, Burns; Louisiana, Texas, Michigan, Utah, Colorado, Kentucky, and
  California.

• Consultant to the Law Firm of Hunter and Boland, specializing in personal injury, medical
  malpractice defense, health care law, 1986 - 1991; Of Counsel 1991 to 1997.

• Served on 15 medical malpractice review panels.

• Chairman “Law School For Doctors” Medical/Legal Seminars.

• Corporate Counsel, Louisiana State Society of Plastic Surgeons, 1992 to 1997.

• Member of American College of Legal Medicine Task Force on Managed Care Contracting.
  In House Counsel and Director, Analytical Nursing Management Corporation, a public
  company with annual revenues of $12.5 million and 15 offices in 7 states, 1991 to 1996.

• Speaker on medico-legal aspects of Breast Implant Surgery, Louisiana State Society of
  Plastic Surgery annual meeting, March 1993; and Southern Medical Association Annual
  meeting, October 1993.

• Arbitrator, Louisiana State Bar Association and National Health Lawyers Association
  Alternative Dispute Resolution Panels.

• Consultant, Health Services Advisory Group PRO, Phoenix

• Consultant PRO Healthcare, Houston

• Of Counsel, Streich Lang, Phoenix, Arizona, 1999-2000

• Private Practice of Law, 2001 to date

MILITARY SERVICE:

• United States Army Reserve, 1975-1979, Honorable Discharge.

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