Background
Bell, Patrick Michael was born on March 9, 1953 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Son of Benjamin Jonathan and Jane (McIllveen) Bell.
Bell, Patrick Michael was born on March 9, 1953 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Son of Benjamin Jonathan and Jane (McIllveen) Bell.
Bachelor of Medicine, BCh, Bachelor of the Arts of Obstetrics, Queens University of Belfast, 1977; Doctor of Medicine by thesis, Queens University of Belfast, 1984.
Research fellow, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast, 1981-1982; senior registrar, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, 1982-1984; Mayo Foundation fellow in endocrinology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, 1984-1985; senior registrar, Belfast City Hospital, 1985-1986; consultant physician, Royal Victoria Hospital, since 1986; honorary clinical lecturer, Queens U. Belfast, since 1992. Honorary secretary Medical Staff, Royal Victoria Hospital, 1996-1998. Examiner Royal College Physicians, Ireland and Edinburgh, since 1994.
(A popular 'self-testing' format for postgraduate trainee ...)
Executive committee member Alliance Party of Northern Ireland, 1987-1994, policy convenor, 1988-1992. Fellow Royal College Physicians Glasgow, Royal College Physicians Ireland, Royal College Physicians London. Member American Diabetes Association, British Diabetic Association (chairman Northern Ireland committee since 1992, member board of trustees since 1992), Association Physicians of Great Britain and Ireland (elected).
Married Dorothy Patricia Walker, June 28, 1979. Children: Jane, Kathleen Sarah, Jonathan Patrick.