Russell Bell, MD
Pain Management
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Pain Medicine Center Tuttleman Center
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Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Critical Care

Education and training

  • Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine
  • Residency: Tulane Medical Center
  • Residency: SUNY Upstate Medical Center
  • Fellowship: SUNY Upstate Medical Center

What my patients think about me

Average Rating

420 reviews

Comments are submitted by patients and reflect their views and opinions. The comments are not endorsed by and do not necessarily reflect the views of Penn Medicine.

November 2025
he is a good doctor
October 2025
very knowledgeable of my condition
September 2025
very supportive and professional
September 2025
we is well aware of my situation and he is really knowledgeable in his field.

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Bell is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Andrew Conroya, Warren B. Bilkera, Christopher J. Millera, Charles E. Argoffb, Russell Bell, Jennifer Haythornthwaite, Jennifer S. Gewandtere, Ian Gilron, Katherine N. Thekeng, John T. Farrara Predictors of response to full agonist opioids in enriched enrollment randomized withdrawal clinical trials: a participant-level data meta-analysis , Pain Reports: 2025

Andrew Conroya, Warren B. Bilkera, Christopher J. Millera, Charles E. Argoffb, Russell Bellc, Jennifer Haythornthwaited, Jennifer S. Gewandtere, Ian Gilronf, Katherine N. Thekeng, John T. Farrara Predictors of successful initiation of buprenorphine in enriched enrollment randomized withdrawal clinical trials in both opioid experienced and na¨ıve participants: a participant-level meta-analysis , Pain Research: 2025

Christopher J Miller 1, Warren B Bilker 1, Ian DeLorey 1, Charles E Argoff 2, Russell L Bell 3, Andrew Conroy 1, Jennifer S Gewandter 4, Ian Gilron 5 6 7 8, Jennifer A Haythornthwaite 9, Nathaniel P Katz 10, Tara McWilliams 1, Katherine N Theken 11, John T Farrar Minimum clinically important differences in acute pain: a patient-level re-analysis of randomized controlled analgesic trials submitted to the US Food and Drug Administration , Pain , 10(1097): 2025,1-9

Russell Bell, Adrian Popescu, Fangyu Chen PRESENT AND POTENTIAL USE OF SPINAL CORD STIMULATION TO CONTROL CHRONIC PAIN: AN UPDATE , 48th Annual Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine: 2023

Russell L Bell, Judith Barnett, Micheal Ashburn Evidence-Based Practice of Anesthesiology Chapter 59 - Optimal Postoperative Analgesia for the Opiate-Tolerant Patient , Elsvier : 2022

Gurtej Bajaj, Warren A. Southerland, Ignacio Badiola, Russell Bell Post Dural Puncture Headache After Removal of Spinal Cord Stimulator Leads: A Case Report , 10.7759/cureus.29665 : 2022

Gurtej Bajaj MD, Hector Marquez MD, and Russell Bell MD Complete Resolution of Chronic Post-dural Puncture Headache from Cervical Decompression after Epidural Blood Patch Administration , ASRA : 2022

John T. Farrar, MD, PhD, Warren B. Bilker, PhD, Philip T. Cochetti, BA, Andrew Coughlin, MS, Charles E Argoff, MD, Russel Bell, MD, Jennifer Haythornthwaite, PhD, Ian Gilron, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Nathaniel P. Katz, MD, MS Determinants of patient outcomes with long-acting abuse deterrent opioid formulations for chronic non-cancer related pain treatment for 12 months. , -: 2022

Akshay Bhatt MD, Dan Taylor MD, Russell Bell MD Treatment of Pain Due to Winged Scapula With Spinal Cord Stimulation: A Case Report , American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians Pain Medicine Case Reports, 5(4): 2021,227-230

Jason J. Song, MD, PhD, Adrian Popescu, MD, and Russell L. Bell, MD Present and Potential Use of Spinal Cord Stimulation to Control Chronic Pain , Pain Physician , 17: 2014,235-246