About
Mr Richard Bell MD FRCS
Consultant Hepatobiliary & General Surgeon, St James’s University Hospital, Leeds. Private practice in Leeds and wider Yorkshire.
Liver surgery for primary and metastatic (secondary) tumours, complex gallbladder and bile duct referrals, and abdominal wall hernia surgery.Principal areas of NHS practice, St James’s University Hospital
Mr Bell is a consultant surgeon in the Department of Hepatobiliary and Transplant Surgery at St James’s University Hospital, Leeds. His NHS practice centres on liver resection (removal of part of the liver) for primary (starting in the liver) and metastatic (secondary) liver tumours along with surgery for benign (non-cancerous) hepatobiliary (liver, gallbladder and bile duct) disease. He sees patients from throughout Yorkshire for these conditions. He also specialises in surgery for gallstone disease and abdominal wall hernia surgery.
He has trained in Yorkshire throughout his career: medicine at the University of Leeds, surgical training across the Yorkshire & Humber region, and a two-year advanced fellowship in hepatobiliary and liver transplant surgery at the Leeds Liver Unit before his consultant appointment in 2023.
He has published widely on a variety of topics and undertook a period of research culminating in the award of a Doctorate of Medicine (MD) from the University of Leeds. His research has focused on improving outcomes and enhancing recovery for patients undergoing hepatobiliary surgery.
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Qualifications & registration
- CurrentConsultant Hepatobiliary & General Surgeon, St James’s University Hospital, Leeds (since 2023)
- PrivateSpire Leeds Hospital, Roundhay
- DegreesMBChB (Leeds, 2009) · MD (Leeds, 2019) · BSc (Hons) (Bradford, 2007)
- SurgicalFRCS (2020) · MRCS (2012), Royal College of Surgeons
- GMC7039495 (full registration with a licence to practise)
- MemberRoyal College of Surgeons of England · AUGIS · IHPBA / E-AHPBA
Research
Selected publications
- Bell R, Ward D, Jeffrey J, et al. A randomized controlled trial comparing epidural analgesia vs. continuous local anesthetic infiltration via abdominal wound catheter in open liver resection. Annals of Surgery 2019;269(3):413–419.
- Bell R, Hakeem AR, Pandanaboyana S, et al. Portal vein embolization versus dual vein embolization for management of the future liver remnant in patients undergoing major hepatectomy: an updated meta-analysis. BJS Open 2022.
- Bell R, Begum S, Prasad KR, Taura K, Dasari BVM. Volume and flow modulation strategies to mitigate post-hepatectomy liver failure. Frontiers in Oncology 2022.
- Bell R, Pandanaboyana S, Nisar S, et al. The impact of advancing age on recurrence and survival following major hepatectomy for colorectal liver metastases. J Gastrointest Surg 2017;21(2):266–274.
- Bell R, Pandanaboyana S, Lodge JP, et al. Primary liver resection for patients with cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Langenbeck’s Arch Surg 2017;402(4):575–583.
- Bell R, Pandanaboyana S, Hanif F, Prasad KR. Laparoscopic left lateral sectionectomy in a transplant unit – a cost-effective alternative to open surgery. HPB 2015;17(4):332–336.