Douglas Bell
Biochemistry
TherapeuticsMD, Inc.
Canada
Biography
Dr. Douglas Bell is a retired physician who received his MD from McGill University in 1955. After several years of general practice he entered post-graduate training in head and neck surgery. In 1975 he became a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Canada (FRCS), the American College of Surgeons (ACS), and the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery (AAOHNS). He was offered a position in the Head and Neck Surgery Department of the Scripps Clinic & Research facility in La Jolla, California. He was also appointed Assistant Clinical Professor at the University Hospital and the Veteran’s Hospital at the University of San Diego where he taught medical students and residents. Following lithotripsy treatment for a kidney stone at age 58 he developed a severe autoimmune disease which devastated him physically and ended his medical career. As a result he became extremely interested in researching autoimmune disorders. After reading journal articles regarding low molecular weight aurintricarboxylic acid synthetic complex he concluded it might be effective for him. He synthesized his own material and, after self-treatment, he and his family were ecstatic with the response. It provided him with the first positive relief from the overwhelming muscular fatigue he had endured for the previous 26 years.
Research Interest
Biochemistry
