Bryan Wells, MD

Specialties:
Cardiology
Internal Medicine

Areas of Clinical Interest:
aneurysm
angina
arteriosclerosis & lipids
cardiac catheterization
cardiology - general
cardiovascular disease
carotid disease
echocardiogram
electrocardiogram
hypertension
mitral stenosis
myocardial infarction
peripheral arterial disease
renal artery disease
renal hypertension
stress test
syncope
transesophageal echo
transient ischemic attacks
ultrasound
valve disease
venous diseases

Office(s) Locations:
Emory University Hospital Midtown
550 Peachtree St NE
Atlanta, GA 30308
(404) 686-7878

Year Started Practicing at Emory: 2012

Organizational Leadership Memberships:
American College of Cardiology

Major or Recent Publications:

Wells B, Gentry M, Ruiz-Arango A, Dias J, and Landolfo C.  Relation between Body Mass Index and Clinical Outcome in Acute Myocardial Infarction.  American Journal of Cardiology. 2006 Aug 15;98(4):474-7.

Aqel RA*, Wells BJ*, Hage FG*, Tallaj J, Benza R, Pamboukian S, Rayburn B, McGiffin D, Kirklin J, Bourge R. Re-stenosis after drug-eluting stents in cardiac allograft vasculopathy. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2008 Jun;27(6):610-5.

Pothineni KR, Wells BJ, Hsiung MC, Nanda NC, Yelamanchili P, Suwanjutah T, Prasad AN, Hansalia S, Lin CC, Yin WH, Young MS. Live/real time three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiographic assessment of pulmonary regurgitation. Echocardiography. 2008 Sep;25(8):911-7.

Lucas JA, Zhang Y, Li P, Gong K, Miller AP, Hassan H, Hage F, Xing D, Wells B, Oparil S, Chen YF. Inhibition of Transforming Growth Factor (TGF)-beta Signaling Induces Left Ventricular Dilation and Dysfunction in the Pressure Overloaded Heart. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2009 Nov 20.

Bhatt KN, Wells BJ, Sperling LS, Baer JT. High-density lipoprotein therapy: is there hope? Curr Treat Options Cardiovascluar Med. 2010 Aug;12(4):315-28.

Awards:
Argus Award for Best Internal Medicine Attending (2009)
University of Alabama at Birmingham

UAB Internal Medicine Chief Resident (2008-2009)
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Education:
Medical School
Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA

Internship
University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL

Residency
University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL