Intensivist Taison Bell, MD

Описание: Taison Bell, MD, is an intensivist in the medical ICU. Growing up with his own health issues ignited Bell’s dream to become a critical care physician. At UVA Health, he enjoys giving high-quality care to his patients through a teamwork approach.

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My name is Taison Bell, and I’m an intensivist in the medical ICU at the University of Virginia. A lot of common reasons to need to come to the medical ICU are you need frequent monitoring that can’t be done on the floor, or you need special machines that can help support organ function.

I was a sick kid growing up. I grew up in Lynchburg, Virginia, just an hour south of here. And I had really bad asthma. And one of the things I did pretty early on was immunotherapy. Where I went into the doctor’s office every week to get allergy shots, and I remember just being in the environment.

The doctors, the nurses, people were very friendly to me, and I told them at a really young age that I was interested in being a doctor. And that’s what kind of incited the dream pretty early on, and then I just held onto that.

UVA has a really unique combination of really high-powered medical care and research and discovery. I really enjoy the small-town aspect of Charlottesville, and I think it enhances performance on the medical delivery side, but also outcomes for the patient. I think that’s one of the reasons why coming to the University of Virginia is a good decision, because you’re getting high quality care delivered in a team aspect. I think the intrinsic parts that make a team work really well are present here just naturally just because of the environment.