Dr. Maureen Bell is Vituity’s Physician Director, Health Equity. She previously served as the emergency department medical director at Howard University Hospital, the nation’s only teaching hospital located on a historically Black university campus. As of 2024, she is an elected member of Vituity's Board of Directors.
In 2020, Dr. Bell became a founding board member of the Vituity Cares Foundation. Through this role, she works to improve the health of underserved communities and create a more diverse and inclusive healthcare workforce. Dr. Bell holds a medical degree from New York University School of Medicine and completed her emergency medicine residency at New York City Health and Hospitals Jacobi Medical Center. She credits her mother, a nurse, for inspiring her early interest in medicine.
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