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FACULTY

Richard Wells

Assistant Professor - Clinical

Medicine - Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine

Academic Office:

LSUHSC School of Medicine 
2021 Perdido St.
New Orleans, LA 70112

 

 

Bio

Dr. Richard Wells is a board-certified physician specializing in pulmonary and critical care medicine. His area of interest is pulmonary hypertension where he is an integral member of the Comprehensive Pulmonary Hypertension Center at the University Medical Center. Dr. Wells is originally from the Bahamas and completed his medical degree at the University of Glasgow in Scotland. He has long-standing ties to New Orleans having completed his pulmonary critical care fellowship at Tulane University School of Medicine. Dr. Wells completed the pulmonary vascular disease fellowship at Stanford University and has treated pulmonary hypertension patients for over 10 years. He is passionate about academic medicine and epidemiological research in pulmonary hypertension. In his free time Dr. Wells enjoys swimming, playing basketball and spending time with his wife and children.

Education

Undergraduate: 

2000-2003 - B.Sc. Biochemistry

University of Toronto Toronto ON Canada

Medical School:

2003-2008 - MBChB University of Glasgow

Glasgow, Scotland

United Kingdom

Internship:

2008-2009 Glasgow Royal Infirmary (Foundation House Officer)

Glasgow, Scotland

United Kingdom

Residency:

2009-2012 - Internal Medicine Baystate Medical Center

UMass Chan Medical School

Springfield, Massachusetts

Fellowship:

2012-2015 - Pulmonary and Critical Care

Tulane University School of Medicine

New Orleans, Louisiana

 

2015-2016 - Pulmonary Vascular Disease

Stanford Medicine

Stanford, California

Affiliated Hospitals & Clinics

University Medical Center New Orleans, Ochsner Baptist Medical Center, Ochsner Kenner Medical Center

Publications

1. Chenbhanich J, Riano I, Madhavaram S, Cristancho C, Poloju A, Zavala González VA, Kosaisawe N, Treadwell T. Increased family history documentation in internal medicine resident continuity clinic at a community hospital through resident-led structured genetic education program. J Community Genet. 2022 Jun;13(3):347-354

2. Park R, Madhavaram S, Ji JD. The Role of Aryl-Hydrocarbon Receptor (AhR) in Osteoclast Differentiation and Function. Cells. 2020 Oct 14;9(10):2294.

3. Robbins R, Underwood P, Jackson CL, Jean-Louis G, Madhavaram S, Kuriakose S, Vieira D, Buxton OM. A Systematic Review of Workplace-Based Employee Health Interventions and Their Impact on Sleep Duration Among Shift Workers. Workplace Health Saf. 2021 Nov;69(11):525-539 4. Antwi E, Amoakoh-Coleman M, Vieira DL, Madhavaram S, Koram KA, Grobbee DE, Agyepong IA, Klipstein-Grobusch K. Systematic review of prediction models for gestational hypertension and preeclampsia. PLoS One. 2020 Apr 21;15(4):e0230955 5. Chung, D. Seixas, A. Richards, S. Casimir, G. Auguste, E. Vallon, J. Hutchinson, J. Zizi F. Madhavaram, S. Francis, K. Jean-Louis, G. (2017). The Impact of Short and Long Sleep Duration on Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) Among Stroke Survivors. In: Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat. 2019 Jan 4;15:177-182 Books & Chapters