Richard Bell, MD, received his bachelor's degree from Northwestern University and his medical degree from Washington University in St. Louis. He received training in internal medicine at Harvard's Beth Israel Hospital in Boston, and completed a dermatology residency at Barnes Jewish Hospital, serving as chief resident in dermatology during his final year.

Current memberships include the St. Louis and Missouri Dermatological Societies, the American Academy of Dermatology, and he has been named to the national register of Best Doctors. He joined Associates in Dermatology in 1993.