In addition to his clinical training in general internal medicine, Dr. Bell has completed a 3-year medical informatics fellowship at Harvard and MIT, and a Ph.D. in Health Services at UCLA. Dr. Bell has conducted research in electronic medical records, online physician education, and Web-based surveys. His awards include First Prize in the American Medical Informatics Association Student Paper Competition, and in 2002 he was named a Robert Wood Johnson Generalist Faculty Physician Scholar. Current projects include studies of Web-based physician education, electronic prescribing systems, and telemedicine to improve access to eye care for urban under-served populations.