Charles Bell

Biography

Charles E. Bell, M.D., M.S. is currently a Texas A&M KSTAR (Knowledge, Skills, Training, Assessment and Research) Program Medical Advisor.  He served as Deputy Executive Commissioner for Health Services at the Texas Health and Human Services Commission from March 2003 to August 2011. He also held the following positions from July 1988 to April 2003: Interim Commissioner of the Department of State Health Services (DSHS), Interim Commissioner of the Texas Department of Health (TDH), Executive Deputy Commissioner of the Texas Department of Health (TDH); Regional Director of TDH Public Health Region 1 in Lubbock, Texas; Chief of the Bureau of HIV and Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention; and Medical Director of the Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinic at the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District.

Dr. Bell received his undergraduate degree for the University of Dallas in Irving, Texas, his medical degree from UT Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, completed a one-year residency in Internal Medicine at St. Francis Hospital in Hartford, Connecticut and received his master’s degree in healthcare administration from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas.  Dr. Bell is a native Texan born in Port Arthur, Texas.