Rebecca G Wells MD
Hepatology & Liver Transplantation
Associate Professor of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
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51 N 39th St# WrightPhiladelphia, PA 19104
Phone+1 215-662-8900
Fax+1 215-243-3222
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Education & Training
Mass General Brigham/Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General HospitalFellowship, Nephrology, 1990 - 1993- Mass General Brigham/Brigham and Women's HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1987 - 1989
Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineClass of 1987
Certifications & Licensure
PA State Medical License 2002 - 2026
CT State Medical License 1998 - 2003
MA State Medical License 1989 - 2000
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory - Core EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012
- Elected Member The American Society for Clinical Investigation, 2008
Clinical Trials
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Reduction in Hepatic Phosphatidylcholine Biosynthesis Promotes MASH Through Copper Deficiency.Jaclyn E Welles, James P Garifallou, Michael V Gonzalez, Dominic Santoleri, Feroza K Choudhury
Biorxiv. 2026-05-14 - Cholesterol-containing lipid crystals can directly stiffen the rat steatotic liver before fibrosis.David Li, Abigail E Loneker, Yasmine Safraou, Jamie Ford, Elaine Mihelc
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2026-01-13 - Author Correction: Matrix viscoelasticity promotes liver cancer progression in the pre-cirrhotic liver.Weiguo Fan, Kolade Adebowale, Lóránd Váncza, Yuan Li, Md Foysal Rabbi
Nature. 2025-12-01
Press Mentions
Penn Team Creates First Bile Duct-on-A-chip, Replicating the Structure and Cellular Makeup of the TissueOctober 2nd, 2019
The Medical Device Behind the Discovery of a New Human StructureApril 13th, 2018
Novel Biomarkers May Provide Guide to Personalized Hepatitis C TherapyMay 13th, 2015
Grant Support
- Tissue mechanics driving fibrosis in high cholesterol-associated steatotic liver diseaseUNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA2026–2030
- Injury, Progression, and Fibrosis of the Extrahepatic Bile DuctUNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA2019–2027
- Pathological consequences of altered tissue mechanics in fibrosisUNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA2014–2026
- Mechanisms Of Fibrosis In Pediatric Liver DiseasesNational Institute Of Diabetes And Digestive And Kidney Diseases2011
- Isolation, Identification And Characterization Of A Toxin Causing Biliary AtresiaNational Institute Of Diabetes And Digestive And Kidney Diseases2011
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