Gretchen Lois Wells MD

Summary

• Dr. Gretchen Wells is a noninvasive cardiologist with a focus on Echocardiography, Preventive Cardiology and Cardiovascular Disease in Women. She completed her medical education at the University of Alabama School of Medicine and continued her professional training with a residency and cardiology fellowship at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. Her current position is a professor at the University of Alabama Heersink School of Medicine where she directs the Women's Heart Health program and is medical director of Cardiology Clinical Trials. Prior to UAB, she was at the University of Kentucky where she was the Thomas Whayne Professor of Women's Heart Health and was site PI for a number of national and international clinical trials. She served as the treasurer and later governor of the Kentucky chapter of the American College of Cardiology. At Wake Forest, she was Professor of Medicine and Associate Dean of Admissions. She is a 2011 graduate of the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Medicine (ELAM) Leadership Program for Women and she later served on the Alumni Advisor Board. She is the 2020 recipient of the American Heart Association Council on Clinical Cardiology women in Cardiology Mentoring Award.