Dr. Martin L. Bell

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

Legal 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, focusing on 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