America. He selflessly gave his time and expertise to many patients, trainees, and colleagues. Dr. Bell dedicated years of work at Community Mental Health Council treating thousands of patients on the south-side of Chicago. He developed intensive outpatient and partial hospitalization programs for the chronically mentally ill.
Dr. Bell’s clinical focus was always rooted in improving public health. “I have observed that, unfortunately, not a great deal of progress has been made in addressing the health needs of the poor and underserved, many of whom are African-Americans.”
Dr. Carl Bell was named the director of the Institute of Juvenile Research (IJR) in Chicago in 2010. He thoroughly recognized the value and importance of healthy neurodevelopment and education in African-American communities. Much of his research was also dedicated to fetal alcohol syndrome and the increased exposure of fetuses to illicit substances and alcohol in the African-American community.
While serving the west and north side communities as clinical professor at IJR, Dr. Bell trained fellows to adequately assess and treat individuals living with the many neurodevelopmental disorders and learning disabilities that occur due to the overabundance of toxic and illicit substances in our communities.
He leaves us with an abundance of research published in the Journal of The National Medical Association, several