Brian J. Wells, MD, PhD
- Associate Professor, Biostatistics and Data Science, Public Health Sciences (Winston-Salem)

Brian J. Wells, MD, PhD
- Associate Professor, Biostatistics and Data Science, Public Health Sciences (Winston-Salem)
- Education
- MD, Wright State University School of Medicine, 1999
- Residency
- Family Medicine, Trident/MUSC, 2002
- Fellowship
- Medical University of South Carolina University Hospital, 2004
- Board Certifications
- American Board of Family Medicine, Family Medicine
- American Board of Preventive Medicine, Clinical Informatics
- Positions
- Associate Professor, Biostatistics and Data Science, Public Health Sciences (Winston-Salem)
- Associate Professor, Epidemiology and Prevention, Public Health Sciences (Winston-Salem)
- Associate Professor, Clinical and Translational Science Institute (Winston-Salem)
- Associate Professor, Family and Community Medicine (Winston-Salem)
- Departments and Affiliations
- Biostatistics and Data Science, Public Health Sciences (Winston-Salem)
- Epidemiology and Prevention, Public Health Sciences (Winston-Salem)
- Clinical and Translational Science Institute (Winston-Salem)
- Family and Community Medicine (Winston-Salem)
- Center for Healthcare Innovation
Research
- A tale of three subspecialties: Diagnosis recording patterns are internally consistent but Specialty-Dependent. Diaz-Garelli JF, Strowd R, Ahmed T, Wells BJ, Merrill R, Laurini J, Pasche B, Topaloglu U. JAMIA Open. 2019 Oct; 2(3):369-377.
- Opportunistic Measurement of Skeletal Muscle Size and Muscle Attenuation on Computed Tomography Predicts 1-Year Mortality in Medicare Patients. Lenchik L, Lenoir KM, Tan J, Boutin RD, Callahan KE, Kritchevsky SB, Wells BJ. J. Gerontol. A Biol. Sci. Med. Sci. 2019 06; 74(7):1063-1069.
- Holiday Discharges Are Associated with Higher 30-Day General Internal Medicine Hospital Readmissions at an Academic Medical Center. Dharod A, Wells BJ, Lenoir K, Willeford WG, Milks MW, Atkinson HH. South. Med. J. 2019 06; 112(6):338-343.
- Response by Mahler et al to Letter Regarding Article, "Safely Identifying Emergency Department Patients With Acute Chest Pain for Early Discharge: HEART Pathway Accelerated Diagnostic Protocol". Mahler SA, Lenoir KM, Wells BJ, Burke GL, Duncan PW, Case LD, Herrington DM, Diaz-Garelli JF, Futrell WM, Hiestand BC, Miller CD. Circulation. 2019 05; 139(19):e915-e916.
- Lost in Translation: Diagnosis Records Show More Inaccuracies After Biopsy in Oncology Care EHRs. Diaz-Garelli JF, Strowd R, Wells BJ, Ahmed T, Merrill R, Topaloglu U. . 2019; 2019:325-334.