Gastroenterologist in Bluffton, SC
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Louis D. Bell, M.D., F.A.C.G
Dr. Bell is a graduate of Temple University and the Temple University Medical School. His fellowship training was in gastroenterology at the Lankenau Medical Center in Wynnewood, PA.
Dr. Bell has earned a reputation for providing quality and compassionate care in the Low Country. He believes that every patient should always be embraced with personal kindness, respect, attention, and understanding. Dr. Bell strives to provide care in a timely fashion, from the first contact through follow-up. By listening to the patient's needs and concerns, Dr. Bell communicates in an understandable manner to determine the need for treatment and treatment progress.
Dr. Bell also enjoys teaching and he has held faculty appointments as a Clinical Instructor, Department of Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University and a Clinical Associate in Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Bell has served on the Board of the Hilton Head Medical Center. He is currently President of the South Carolina Gastroenterology Association. He is also a fellow of the American College of Gastroenterology.
Maria L. Bell, RN, MBA
Maria Bell is a senior management consultant with 30 years of experience in the health-care industry and small businesses. Her expertise includes strategic business planning and expansion; product packaging and introduction; marketing planning and execution, managed care contracting, business management and “start-up” operations for a broad scope of health-care providers.
She has held leadership positions in strategic planning and marketing and has served on the Board of the Golden Cradle Adoption Agency, Co-Chair of Special Projects with The Palmetto Hall Plantation, the Finance Committee of the Literacy Volunteers of the Low Country, and Vice President of the SCHEMA/MGMA.
Maria received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at West Chester University, a Master of Business Administration in Health Administration and Medical Services from Widener University, and a Master of Business Administration in Technology and E-Commerce from West Chester University and is a Graduate of the Hilton Head/ Bluffton Chamber of Commerce Leadership Program.
