Caitlin Bell, MD

Professional Titles

• Assistant Professor of Medicine

Recognitions

• Gerald Reaven Award for Excellence in Basic Science Research, Stanford Cardiology (2022)
• Emerging Scientist Award for Women, Finalist, American Heart Association (ATVB) (2023)
• Young Author Achievement Award, JACC: Cardio-Oncology (2024)

Publications

• Bell CF, Baylis RA, Lopez NG, Ma WF, Gao H, Wang F, Bamezai S, Fu C, Kojima Y, Adkar SS, Luo L, Miller CL, Leeper NJ. Vascular smooth muscle cell plasticity in the tumor microenvironment. Cancer Commun (Lond). 2024 Dec 8. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 39648671
• Bell CF, Baylis RA, Lopez NG, Ma WF, Gao H, Wang F, Bamezai S, Fu C, Kojima Y, Adkar SS, Luo L, Miller CL, Leeper NJ. BST2 induces vascular smooth muscle cell plasticity and phenotype switching during cancer progression. bioRxiv. 2024 Sep 14. PubMed PMID: 39314286
• Bamezai S, Zhang Y, Kumari M, Lotfi M, Alsaigh T, Luo L, Kumar GS, Wang F, Ye J, Puri M, Manchanda R, Paluri S, Adkar SS, Kojima Y, Ingelsson A, Bell CF, Lopez NG, Fu C, Choi RB, Miller Z, Barrios L, Walsh S, Ahmad F, Maegdefessel L, Smith BR, Leeper NJ. Pro-efferocytic nanotherapies reduce vascular inflammation without inducing anemia in a large animal model of atherosclerosis. Nat Commun. 2024 Sep 13;15(1):8034. PubMed PMID: 39271657
• Luo L, Haas AM, Bell CF, Baylis RA, Adkar SS, Fu C, Angelov I, Giordano SH, Klarin D, Leeper NJ, Nead KT. Cancer Incidence After Diagnosis of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm-Brief Report. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2024 Jul;44(7):1694-1701. PubMed PMID: 38779853

Professional Memberships

• American Heart Association, Member
• American College of Cardiology, Member
• Alpha Omega Alpha, Member

Practice Locations

• University of Colorado Hospital

• University of Colorado Cancer Center
• University of Colorado Cardiovascular Institute

Specialty Information

• Cardiology, Board Certification (2023)
• Internal Medicine, Board Certification (2020)
• Cardio-oncology
• American Society of Echocardiography, Board Certification (2021)

• Heart and Circulation - Cardiovascular Disease
• Heart and Circulation
• Heart and Circulation - Heart Diseases
• Circulatory System and Blood Vessel Health