Michael Bell, M.D.

Chief, Division of Pediatric Critical Care

Professor & Division Chief

Endowed Title: Sarah M. and Charles E. Seay Chair in Pediatric Research
Schools: Medical School
Departments: Pediatrics

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Biography

Michael “Mike” Bell, M.D., is a Professor and Chief of the Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

Dr. Bell joins UT Southwestern and Children’s Health from Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C., where he served as the Division Chief of Critical Care Medicine, led the Department of Respiratory Care Services and the Department of Transport Medicine and Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation, and served as the Director of the Clinical Translational Science Institute. He holds a tenured Professorship of Pediatrics at The George Washington University.

With 30 years of experience in academic pediatrics, he is a distinguished physician leader, scientist, clinician, and educator, renowned both nationally and internationally for his contributions to pediatric critical care medicine.

Dr. Bell has published 250 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters. His articles can be accessed via PubMed.gov.

Education

Medical Education: SUNY Downstate Medical Center (1991)
Residency: St. Christopher's Hospital for Children (1994), Pediatrics
Fellowship: UPMC Medical/Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh (1997), Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Publications

Plasma Biomarkers of Brain Injury in Critically Ill Children Receiving Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Author Collaboration PA, Friedman ML, Bell MJ, Brooks BA, Himebauch AS, Kamerkar A, Larovere K, Loftis LL, Pineda JA, Said A, Sandhu HS, Stengelin M, Demos C, Wainwright MS, West AN, Barnes A, Everett AD, Felling RJ, Hong SJ, Roem JL, Salorio CF, Ng DK, Bembea MM, Mulqueen L, Bonilla-Cartagena J, Lomeli M, Bui H, Levow C, Dickey S, Basu S, Tomanio E, Schaefer Barcikowski A, Little M, Ryan K, Tudor B, Mennie C, Simkhada K, Hwang L, Lee-Eng J, Morales M, Valenzuela MT, Garcia N, Macaraig M, Camp L, Vaughn B, Archie-Dilworth J, Stone P, Love C, Ryan M, Cacatte M JAMA Pediatrics 2026 Jun 180 639-649
Paediatric traumatic brain injury: unique population and unique challenges: Agrawal S, Mannix R, Anderson V, Beauchamp MH, Ferguson A, Braga LW, Chong SL, Figaji A, Giza C, Menon DK, Bell MJ Brain 2026 Mar 149 736-756
26: ASSOCIATION OF HEMOLYSIS WITH MAJOR ADVERSE KIDNEY EVENTS IN CHILDREN ON ECMO: Hwang L, Bell M, Brooks B, Everett A, Friedman M, Himebauch A, Kamerkar A, LaRovere K, Loftis L, Ng D, Pineda J, Roem J, Said A, Sandhu H, Wainwright M, West A, Bembea M Critical care medicine 2026 Mar 54
1189: EPIGENETIC BIOMARKERS OF BRAIN INJURY IN CHILDREN ON EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION (ECMO): Xian J, Bell M, Brooks B, Everett A, Himebauch A, Kamerkar A, LaRovere K, Loftis L, Friedman M, Ng D, Pineda J, Roem J, Said A, Sandhu H, Wainwright M, West A, Bembea M Critical care medicine 2026 Mar 54
Severe intracranial hemorrhage or ischemia associated with unfavorable outcomes after pediatric in-hospital cardiac arrest: Author Collaboration TI, Ullman NL, Reeder RW, Topjian A, Morgan RW, Berg RA, Nadkarni VM, Palmer CA, Sutton RM, Press CA, Kirschen MP, Ahmed T, Bell MJ, Bishop R, Bochkoris M, Burns C, Carcillo JA, Carpenter TC, Dean JM, Diddle JW, Federman M, Fernandez R, Fink EL, Franzon D, Frazier AH, Friess SH, Graham K, Hall M, Hehir DA, Horvat CM, Huard LL, Kilbaugh TJ, Maa T, Manga A, McQuillen PS, Meert KL, Mourani PM, Naim MY, Notterman D, Pollack MM, Sapru A, Schneiter C, Sharron MP, Srivastava N, Tabbutt S, Tilford B, Viteri S, Wessel D, Wolfe HA, Yates AR, Zuppa AF Resuscitation 2026 Jan 218
Results of the Pediatric Guideline Adherence and Outcomes (PEGASUS) Program Versus Usual Care Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: Vavilala MS, Lujan S, Velonjara J, Bell MJ, Guadagnoli N, Wang J, Mock C, Weiner BJ, Petroni G, Guideline Adherence A, Ábalos S, Alassia M, Altamirano M, Aranda J, Aybar AN, Baitaij ME, Bollada S, Boyle LN, Pratx RB, Castellani P, Chuchuy S, Cinquegrani K, Dávila C, Depetris A, Diettes A, Español F, Giordano D, Arriola NG, Graves J, Leguina MV, López N, Cruz GL, Lutkevicius C, Mansur A, Marinelli I, Medici P, Mills B, Nogueira M, Oliveri S, Pedraza Coronel JC, Penazzi M, Piccirilli A, Pino W, Podestá F, Racciatti M, Romero G, Sauer E, Segado A, Segar K, Sorbo M Critical care medicine 2026
High-frequency oscillations after acute hemorrhagic traumatic brain injury: insights into posttraumatic epilepsy development: Author Collaboration tE, Kriukova K, Li L, Staba RJ, Boswell M, Asifriyaz T, Thomas R, Gugger JJ, Shamas M, Diaz-Arrastia R, Buitrago Blanco M, Engel J, Vespa PM, Duncan D, Agoston D, Au AK, Bell M, Churn B, Claassen J, Diaz-Arrastia R, Engel J, Foreman B, Galanopoulou A, Gilmore E, Hunn M, Jette N, Morokoff A, Moshé SL, O'Brien T, Laing J, Perucca P, O'Phelan KH, Pitkanen A, Rosenthal E, Willyerd F, Zimmermann L, Ellingson B, Blanco B, Correa D, Harrar D, Bleck TP, Appavu B, Struck A, Allen B, Keselman I, Kennedy J, Ferastraoaru V, Yoo JY, Toga AW Epilepsia 2026
Elevating Service in Academic Medicine - The S-Index: Mannix R, Bell MJ JAMA 2025 Nov 334 1707-1708
Burden of Intracranial Hypertension and Patterns of Brain Injury on MRI: Secondary Analysis of the 2014–2017 “Approaches and Decisions for Acute Pediatric TBI” Study: Janas AM, Broman AT, Bennett TD, Rebsamen S, Field AS, Rosario BL, Bell MJ, Alexander AL, Ferrazzano PA Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2025 Nov 26 e1360-e1369
Severe Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury Presenting Characteristics: Abusive Versus Accidental Trauma: McNamara CR, Berger RP, Luther JF, Bell MJ, Buttram SD, Subramanian S, Carpenter JL, Narayanan S, Wisniewski SR, Kochanek PM, Miller Ferguson N Journal of neurotrauma 2025 Nov 42 1985-1994