Hershey Bell to speak at College of Pharmacy hooding ceremony

Hershey S. Bell, M.D., M.S. (Medical Education), FAAFP, has been invited to speak at the hooding ceremony for UNE’s College of Pharmacy. Bell is currently the Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dean of the School of Pharmacy and a professor of Family Medicine and Pharmacy Practice at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) in Erie, Pennsylvania and Bradenton, Florida.

A graduate of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto, Bell completed family medicine residency education at the University of Toronto and Duke University. Following residency, he served as a Duke University National Faculty Development Fellow.

Bell has held the positions of Family Practice Residency Director at Hunterdon Medical Center in New Jersey, Division Chief and Vice-Chair of Family Medicine at Duke University, Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer at Hamot Medical Center in Pennsylvania, and Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Evaluation at the College of Medicine at LECOM. He has received international recognition for his work on competency-based and medical education. In addition, he is currently completing work on a book of life lessons.

George P. Allen, Pharm.D., chair of the Department of Pharmacy Practice, was mentored by Bell while participating in the prestigious American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy’s Academic Leadership Fellows Program. Allen reflected on Bell’s guidance, saying, “Dr. Bell embraced his role as a mentor, and was eager to share his expertise and advice concerning leadership and other matters.” Allen continued, “I count myself lucky to be able to call him a mentor, colleague, and friend.” 

The College of Pharmacy’s hooding ceremony and reception will take place at 1 p.m. on May 22. Graduates of the program will receive their academic hoods and recite The Oath of a Pharmacist.