Physician

Gastroenterology

Doctor Christopher D. Wells, MD works in the field of Gastroenterology. He researched medicine at University of Alabama Medical Center. University of Alabama Medical Center is ranked 37 in research and 17 in primary care medicine Christopher Wells is a published doctor. He published 18 publications, including: 'Interventional management of neuropathic pain: NeuPSIG recommendations.' Christopher Wells accepts Medicare.

Publications

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• Interventional management of neuropathic Pain: NeuPSIG recommendations.
• Treatment considerations for patients with neuropathic Pain and other medical comorbidities.
• Recommendations for the pharmacological management of neuropathic Pain: an overview and literature update.
• Circumferential and focal ablation of Barrett's Esophagus containing dysplasia.
• Treatment of Gastric antral vascular ectasia (watermelon stomach) with endoscopic band ligation.
• Incidental cystic Neoplasms of pancreas: what is the optimal interval of imaging surveillance?
• Overtubes in gastroIntestinal endoscopy.
• Bezoar formation requiring endoscopic removal after intentional overdose of extended-release nifedipine.
• Pyogenic liver abscess after colonoscopy in a patient with Ulcerative colitis.
• Amebic liver abscess.
• The spectrum of GI strongyloidiasis: an endoscopic-pathologic study.
• The validity of HIV testing using sputum from suspected tuberculosis patients, Botswana, 2001.
• Treatment outcome and follow-up of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients, West Coast/Winelands, South Africa, 1992-2002.
• Endoscopic removal of a bladder calculus via flexible sigmoidoscopy.
• Comparison of health-related quality of life preferences between physicians and cirrhotic patients: implications for cost-utility analyses in chronic liver Disease.
• Symptomatic esophageal Ulceration caused by a Bravo wireless pH probe and subsequent endoscopic removal of the probe using a retrieval net.
• Comparison of morning versus afternoon cecal intubation rates.

Schools

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• Virginia Commonwealth University Medical College Of Virginia School Of Medicine

Procedures Preformed

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• Biliary Drainage
• Colonoscopy, Proctosigmoidoscopy, and Sigmoidoscopy
• Endoscopy (Esophagus, Stomach, Small Intestine)
• Liver Biopsy
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Conditions Treated

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• Abdominal Pain
• Anemia
• Barrett's Esophagus
• Benign Neoplasm of the Digestive System
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Doctors Specialties

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• Gastroenterology

Accepted Insurances

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• Choice Plus POS II
• American Republic
• Assurant Health
• Blue Card PPO
• Blue Select
• BlueDental Choice
• NetworkBlue
• CHAMPVA
• Cigna HMO
• Cigna PPO
• Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
• Open Access Plus
• Commercial Insurance Company
• Employer Group PPO
• First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
• Golden Rule
• GEHA
• Group Health Cooperative
• Choice Care PPO
• Mail Handlers Benefit Plan (MHBP)
• Medicaid
• Medicare MCR
• Medico
• Meritain Health
• MultiPlan PPO
• PHCS Network PPO
• Principal Life
• Tricare
• Choice Plus POS
• Options PPO
• United Healthcare

Education

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• Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education
• University of Alabama Medical Center
• Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine

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