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[[File:David_Bell.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Dr. David S. Bell - Source: FaceBook]] '''David S. Bell''', MD, is a retired [[United States|American]] doctor who had a practice in General Medicine and Pediatrics. He was at the center of the [[1985 Lyndonville outbreak]] of the disease in upper New York state in the [[United States]]. Dr. Bell serves on the Scientific Advisory Board of the [[Open Medicine Foundation]]<ref name="omf">{{Cite web | url = https://www.omf.ngo/scientific-advisory-board/ | title = Scientific Advisory Board | website = Open Medicine Foundation|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-14}}</ref> and is a member of the Working Group which offers their expertise and resources to the [[ME/CFS Collaborative Research Center at Stanford University]].<ref name="etapestry">{{Cite web | url = https://bos.etapestry.com/prod/viewEmailAsPage.do?erRef=773.0.423082047&databaseId=OMF&mailingId=34274682&jobRef=773.0.506425459&key=b6b9237b3ebd1e462a5d11dbc5c4dae&personaRef=773.0.423082048&memberId=1348639685 | title = OMF grants $1.2M to Ramp Up Collaborative Research Center at Stanford University | website = bos.etapestry.com|access-date=2019-11-14}}</ref> Dr. Bell has been involved in numerous studies and was one of the authors of the [[International Consensus Criteria]] for [[myalgic encephalomyelitis]] (ME).<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal | last = Carruthers | first = Bruce M. | authorlink = Bruce Carruthers | last2 = van de Sande | first2 = Marjorie I. | authorlink2 = Marjorie van de Sande | last3 = De Meirleir | first3 = Kenny L. | author-link3 = Kenny De Meirleir | last4 = Klimas | first4 = Nancy G. | author-link4 = Nancy Klimas | last5 = Broderick | first5 = Gordon | author-link5 = Gordon Broderick | last6 = Mitchell | first6 = Terry | author-link6 = Terry Mitchell | last7 = Staines | first7 = Donald | author-link7 = Donald Staines | last8 = Powles | first8 = A.C. Peter | author-link8 = A C Peter Powles | last9 = Speight | first9 = Nigel | author-link9 = Nigel Speight | last10 = Vallings | first10 = Rosamund | author-link10 = Rosamund Vallings | last11 = Bateman | first11 = Lucinda | author-link11 = Lucinda Bateman | last12 = Baumgarten-Austrheim | first12 = Barbara | author-link12 = Barbara Baumgarten-Austrheim | last13 = Bell | first13 = David | author-link13 = David Bell | last14 = Carlo-Stella | first14 = Nicoletta | author-link14 = Nicoletta Carlo-Stella | last15 = Chia | first15 = John | author-link15 = John Chia | last16 = Darragh | first16 = Austin | author-link16 = Austin Darragh | last17 = Jo | first17 = Daehyun | author-link17 = Daehyun Jo | last18 = Lewis | first18 = Donald | author-link18 = Donald Lewis | last19 = Light | first19 = Alan | author-link19 = Alan Light | last20 = Marshall-Gradisnik | first20 = Sonya | author-link20 = Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik | last21 = Mena | first21 = Ismael | author-link21 = Ismael Mena | last22 = Mikovits | first22 = Judy | author-link22 = Judy Mikovits | last23 = Miwa | first23 = Kunihisa | author-link23 = Kunihisa Miwa | last24 = Murovska | first24 = Modra | author-link24 = Modra Murovska | last25 = Pall | first25 = Martin | author-link25 = Martin Pall | last26 = Stevens | first26 = Staci | author-link26 = Staci Stevens | date = 2011-08-22 | title=Myalgic encephalomyelitis: International Consensus Criteria | url = https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-2796.2011.02428.x|journal=Journal of Internal Medicine|language=en|volume=270|issue=4 | pages = 327β338|doi=10.1111/j.1365-2796.2011.02428.x|issn=0954-6820|pmc=3427890|pmid=21777306|via=}}</ref> He also developed a [[Pediatric myalgic encephalomyelitis and chronic fatigue syndrome|pediatric]] case definition for [[ME/CFS]]<ref name="JasonL2006paed">{{Cite journal | last = Jason | first = Leonard A. | authorlink = Leonard Jason | last2 = Jordan | first2 = Karen | authorlink2 = Karen Jordan | last3 = Miike | first3 = Teruhisa | author-link3 = Teruhisa Miike | last4 = Bell | first4 = David S. | author-link4 = David Bell | last5 = Lapp | first5 = Charles | author-link5 = Charles Lapp | last6 = Torres-Harding | first6 = Susan | author-link6 = Susan Torres-Harding | last7 = Rowe | first7 = Kathy | author-link8 = Katherine Rowe | last8 = Gurwitt | first8 = Alan | author-link8 = Alan Gurwitt | last9 = De Meirleir | first9 = Kenny | author-link9 = Kenny De Meirleir | date = Jan 2006 | title = A Pediatric Case Definition for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome | url =http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1300/J092v13n02_01|journal=Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome|language=en|volume=13|issue=2-3 | pages = 1β44|doi=10.1300/J092v13n02_01|issn=1057-3321|pmc=|pmid=|access-date=|quote=|via=}}</ref> and has written guidance for ME/CFS in children.<ref name=":6" /> He has given several talks and interviews throughout the years and has also written articles for the [[Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome]] and [[Health Rising]] as well as authoring/co-authoring several books on ME/CFS. ==International Consensus Criteria== Dr. Bell is one of the authors of the 2011 case definition, International Consensus Criteria.<ref name=":0" /> ==Pediatric case definition== *2006, A Pediatric Case Definition for [[Myalgic Encephalomyelitis]] and [[Chronic Fatigue Syndrome]]<ref name="JasonL2006paed" /> - [https://solvecfs.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/pediatriccasedefinitionshort.pdf (Full Text)] ==Notable studies== *1997, Illness Onset Characteristics in Children with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and [[Idiopathic chronic fatigue|Idiopathic Chronic Fatigue]]<ref name="Bell, 1997" /> *1998, Circulating Blood Volume in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Streeten | first = David H.P. | authorlink = | last2 = Bell | first2 = David S. | authorlink2 = David Bell | date = Jan 1998 | title = Circulating Blood Volume in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome | url =http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1300/J092v04n01_02|journal=Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome|language=en|volume=4|issue=1 | pages = 3β11|doi=10.1300/J092v04n01_02|issn=1057-3321|pmc=|pmid=|access-date=|quote=|via=}}</ref> *2000, The roles of orthostatic hypotension, orthostatic tachycardia, and subnormal erythrocyte volume in the pathogenesis of the chronic fatigue syndrome<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Streeten | first = D.H. | authorlink = | last2 = Thomas | first2 = D. | authorlink2 = | last3 = Bell | first3 = D.S. | author-link3 = David Bell | date = Jul 2000 | title = The roles of orthostatic hypotension, orthostatic tachycardia, and subnormal erythrocyte volume in the pathogenesis of the chronic fatigue syndrome | url =https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10910366|journal=The American Journal of the Medical Sciences|volume=320|issue=1 | pages = 1β8|doi=10.1097/00000441-200007000-00001|issn=0002-9629|pmc=|pmid=10910366|access-date=|quote=|via=}}</ref> - [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10910366 (Abstract)] *2001, Thirteen-Year Follow-Up of Children and Adolescents With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome<ref name="Bell, 2001" /> - [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11331676 (Abstract)] *2003, Predictive immunophenotypes: Disease-related profile in chronic fatigue syndrome<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Stewart | first = Carleton C. | last2 = Cookfair | first2 = Diane L. | last3 = Hovey | first3 = Kathleen M. | last4 = Wende | first4 = Karl E. | last5 = Bell | first5 = David S. | last6 = Warner | first6 = Carolyn L. | date = 2003 | title = Predictive immunophenotypes: Disease-related profile in chronic fatigue syndrome | url =https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/cyto.b.10034|journal=Cytometry Part B: Clinical Cytometry|language=en|volume=53B|issue=1 | pages = 26β33|doi=10.1002/cyto.b.10034|issn=1552-4957}}</ref> - ([https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/cyto.b.10034 Full text]) *2006, Guidelines for the Diagnosis of Pediatric Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Things Parents Need to Know<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Bell|first = David S. | authorlink = David Bell | last2 = Van Hoof | first2 = E. | authorlink2 = Elke Van Hoof | date = Jan 2006 | title = Guidelines for the Diagnosis of Pediatric Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Things Parents Need to Know | url =http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1300/J092v13n02_05|journal=Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome|language=en|volume=13|issue=2-3 | pages = 79β88|doi=10.1300/J092v13n02_05|issn=1057-3321|pmc=|pmid=|access-date=|quote=|via=}}</ref> - [http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J092v13n02_05 (Abstract)] *2009, Severe versus Moderate criteria for the new [[pediatric]] case definition for [[ME/CFS]]<ref name="Jason, Dec2009" /> - [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19513826 (Abstract)] *2012, Understanding long-term outcomes of chronic fatigue syndrome<ref name="Brown MM, 2012" /> - [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3940158/ (Full Text)] ==Talks and interviews== *1996 - ''Primetime Live'' TV Show - [[Sick and Tired - Incline Village Outbreak]]<ref>{{Citation | title = CFS and the CDC's Failure to Respond: Primetime Live (1996) | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AW0x9_Q8qbo|language=en|access-date=2020-02-19}}</ref> *2000 - Documentary, ''[[I Remember Me]],'' directed by Kim A. Snyder *January 2010 - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbXnRuUxkxg Q & A After XMRV Lecture By Dr David Bell part 1] *January 2010 - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2KLfFODdC4 Q & A After XMRV Lecture By Dr David Bell part 2] *May 2011 - Speaker at the 6th [[Invest in ME International ME Conference]] - Speech Title: ''25 Year Follow-up of ME Patients''<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.investinme.org/IIMEC6.shtml#agenda | title = IIMEC6 International ME Conference 2011 | website = [[Invest in ME Research]]|access-date=2020-02-19}}</ref> - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5akZFhOYaY (Video)] *October, 2011 - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=petcvu53S0w Dr. Bell on Norwegian ME chemotherapy drug trial. [English with Norwegian subtitles]] *June 2015 - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7A7FmxypV1g Dr. David S. Bell, ME/CFS Presentation, Swedish Medical Center, Seattle Washington] *December 2015 - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm29p-6GaZw Dr. David Bell, Tunstin, California] == Articles == ===Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome=== *1995, ''Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in Children''<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Bell|first = David S. | authorlink = David Bell | date = Jan 1995 | title = Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in Children | url =http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1300/J092v01n01_03|journal=Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome|language=en|volume=1|issue=1 | pages = 9β33|doi=10.1300/J092v01n01_03|issn=1057-3321|pmc=|pmid=|access-date=|quote=|via=}}</ref> - [http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J092v01n01_03 (Abstract)] ===Open Medicine Foundation=== *Aug 1, 2016, ''[https://www.omf.ngo/2016/08/01/prognosis-of-mecfs/ Prognosis of ME/CFS]''<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.omf.ngo/2016/08/01/prognosis-of-mecfs/ | title = Prognosis of ME / CFS β by David S. Bell, MD | date = 2016-08-01 | website = Open Medicine Foundation|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-08}}</ref> *2016, ME/CFS in Children - By David S. Bell, MD<ref name=":6">{{Cite news |url =https://www.omf.ngo/2016/06/25/mecfs-in-children-by-dr-david-s-bell-2/ | title = ME/CFS in Children - by David S. Bell, MD {{!}} Open Medicine Foundation | date = 2016-06-25|work=Open Medicine Foundation|access-date=2018-08-11|language=en-US}}</ref> :Dr. Bell has noted that in children and adolescents, noting that symptoms can be different and that the ME/CFS hallmark symptom of [[post-exertional malaise]] may not be described by them and instead [[exertion]], such as taking a school bus, can cause a relapse needing prolonged periods in bed. If an adolescent spent three months in bed due to ME/CFS they will still be ill at age 35 even if their symptoms were mild in their adult years. Becoming increasing ill with activity and symptom severity is expected 15-20 years later.<ref name=":62">{{Cite news |url =https://www.omf.ngo/2016/06/25/mecfs-in-children-by-dr-david-s-bell-2/ | title = ME/CFS in Children - by David S. Bell, MD {{!}} Open Medicine Foundation | date = 2016-06-25|work=Open Medicine Foundation|access-date=2018-08-11|language=en-US}}</ref><blockquote>One study of young adults followed for fifteen years demonstrated clear improvement in activity, but not illness resolution. The same group of patients continued to do relatively well for a further five to ten years and then became worse in both activity limitation and symptom severity. It is rare for an adolescent to become completely free of the disease.<ref name=":62" /></blockquote> === Health Rising === * Aug 18, 2015, Dr. Bell's Home Orthostatic Intolerance (OI) Test<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.healthrising.org/forums/resources/dr-bells-home-orthostatic-intolerance-oi-test.212/ | title = Dr. Bell's Home Orthostatic Intolerance (OI) Test | website = Health Rising's Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) and Fibromyalgia Forums|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-19}}</ref> * Sept 30, 2015, Dr. David Bell on Low Blood Volume in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.healthrising.org/forums/resources/dr-david-bell-on-low-blood-volume-in-chronic-fatigue-syndrome.234/ | title = Dr. David Bell on Low Blood Volume in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome | website = Health Rising's Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) and Fibromyalgia Forums|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-19}}</ref> * Oct 2, 2015, When Panic Isn't: Dr. Bell on Maggie's ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia Story<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.healthrising.org/forums/resources/when-panic-isnt-dr-bell-on-maggies-me-cfs-and-fibromyalgia-story.237/ | title = When Panic Isn't: Dr. Bell on Maggie's ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia Story | website = Health Rising's Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) and Fibromyalgia Forums|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-19}}</ref> * Oct 4, 2015, Dr. Bell on Understanding Orthostatic Intolerance in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.healthrising.org/forums/resources/dr-bell-on-understanding-orthostatic-intolerance-in-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-and-fibromyalgia.238/ | title = Dr. Bell on Understanding Orthostatic Intolerance in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia | website = Health Rising's Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) and Fibromyalgia Forums|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-19}}</ref> ==Books== *1991, ''Chronic Fatigue/Immune Dysfunction Syndrome. CFIDS: The disease of a thousand names: CFIDS--chronic fatigue/immune dysfunction syndrome'', David Bell - Pollard Publications<ref name="Bell1991">{{Cite book | last = Bell|first = David S. | authorlink = David Bell | title = Chronic Fatigue/Immune Dysfunction Syndrome. CFIDS: The disease of a thousand names|location = Lyndonville, NY| publisher = Pollard Publications | date = 1991 | url = https://books.google.com/books/about/Chronic_Fatigue_immune_Dysfunction_Syndr.html?id=QYvkugAACAAJ|archive-url=https://archive.org/details/cfidsdiseaseofth00bell|archive-date=2010-02-16}}</ref> *1993, ''Curing fatigue: a step-by-step plan to uncover and eliminate the causes of chronic fatigue'', David Bell - Stef Donev - Rodale Press *1994, ''The doctor's guide to chronic fatigue syndrome: understanding, treating, and living with CFIDS'', David Bell - Addison-Wesley Pub. Co. ::Renamed edition of ''Chronic Fatigue/Immune Dysfunction Syndrome. CFIDS: The disease of a thousand names: CFIDS--chronic fatigue/immune dysfunction syndrome'' (1991). *1999, ''A parents' guide to CFIDS: how to be an advocate for your child with chronic fatigue immune dysfunction'', David Bell - Haworth Medical Press *2000, ''Faces of CFS: case studies of chronic fatigue syndrome'', David Bell - The Author *2007, ''Neuro-immune fatigue ME/CFS/FM and cellular hypoxia'', David Bell - WingSpan Press ==Open Letter to ''The Lancet''== Two [[open letter to the Lancet |open letters to the editor of ''The Lancet'']] urged the editor to commission a fully independent review of the [[PACE trial]], which the journal had published in 2011. In 2016, Dr. Bell, along with 41 colleagues in the [[ME/CFS]] field, signed the second letter. *February 10, 2016, An open letter to The Lancet, again - Virology blog<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.virology.ws/2016/02/10/open-letter-lancet-again/ | title = An open letter to The Lancet, again | website = [[Virology blog]]|access-date=2020-02-19}}</ref> ==Online presence== *[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Bell%20DS%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=22753044 PubMed - DS Bell] ==See also== *[[Bell disability scale]] *[[Open Medicine Foundation]] ==Learn more== *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Sheffield_Bell Wikipedia - David Sheffield Bell] *1990, [http://europe.newsweek.com/chronic-fatigue-syndrome-205712?rm=eu Chronic Fatigue Syndrome] *2016, [http://www.openmedicinefoundation.org/2016/03/22/dr-david-bell-joins-omf-scientific-advisory-board/ Dr. David Bell Joins OMF Scientific Advisory Board] ==References== <references> <ref name="Bell, 1997">{{Citation | last1 = Bell | first1 = David S. | author-link1 = David Bell | title = Illness Onset Characteristics in Children with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Idiopathic Chronic Fatigue | journal = Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome | volume = 3 | issue = 2 | page = 43-51 | date = 1995| doi = 10.1300/J092v01n01_03}}</ref> <ref name="Bell, 2001">{{Citation | last1 = Bell | first1 = David S. | author-link1 = David Bell | last2 =Jordan | first2 = Karen | authorlink2 = Karen Jordan | last3 = Robinson | first3 = Mary | author-link3 = | title = Thirteen-Year Follow-Up of Children and Adolescents With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome | journal = Pediatrics | volume = 107 | issue = 5 | page = 994-998 | date = 2001 | pmid = 11331676| doi = }}</ref> <ref name="Brown MM, 2012">{{Citation | last1 = Brown | first1 = Molly M. | author-link1 = Molly Brown | last2 =Bell | first2 = David S. | authorlink2 = David Bell | last3 = Jason | first3 = Leonard A. | author-link3 = Leonard Jason | last4 = Christos | first4 = Constance | author-link4 = | last5 =Bell | first5 = David E. | author-link5 = | title = Understanding long-term outcomes of chronic fatigue syndrome. | journal = Journal of Clinical Psychology | volume = 68 | issue = 9 | page = 1028-35 | date = 2012 | pmid = | doi = 10.1002/jclp.21880}}</ref> <ref name="Jason, Dec2009">{{Citation | last1 = Jason | first1 = Leonard | author-link1 = Leonard Jason | last2 =Porter | first2 = Nicole| authorlink2 = Nicole Porter | last3 = Shelleby | first3 = E | author-link3 = | last4 = Till | first4 = L | author-link4 = | last5 =Bell | first5 = David S | author-link5 = David Bell | last6 = Lapp | first6 = Charles W | author-link6 = Charles Lapp | last7 =Rowe | first7 = Kathy | author-link8 = Kathy Rowe | last8 = De Meirleir | first8 = Kenny | author-link8 = Kenny De Meirleir | title = Severe versus Moderate criteria for the new pediatric case definition for ME/CFS | journal = Child Psychiatry and Human Development | volume = 40 | issue = 4 | page = 609-20 | date = 2009 | pmid = | doi = 10.1007/s10578-009-0147-8}}</ref> </references> [[Category:Researchers]] [[Category:US researchers]] [[Category:OMF Scientific Advisory Board members]] [[Category:Psychological paradigm critics]] [[Category:PACE trial critics]] [[Category:CFSAC members]] [[Category:Authors]]
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