Doctor Alvin F. Wells
Attending Rheumatologist, Director of the Rheumatology and Immunotherapy Center in Franklin, WI, USA.
United States
Areas of expertise
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Sarcoidosis
- Lupus Erythematosus
- Familial Mediterranean Fever
- Inflammatory Muscle Disorders
- Fibromyalgia
- Osteoarthritis
About the expert
Doctor Alvin Wells is an attending rheumatologist and director of the rheumatology and immunotherapy center in Franklin, Wisconsin, USA.
He received his PhD in Immunology from the University of South Carolina. He also has over 24 years of experience in the medical field and research experience focusing on chronic inflammatory diseases.
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Doctor Alvin Wells graduated from the University of South Florida medical school in 1996. He trained in Internal Medicine and in Rheumatology at Duke University, North Carolina, US, where he was a faculty member before joining Abbott Laboratories.
Doctor Alvin Wells is a Rheumatology fellow in Franklin, Wisconsin, US.
He received his Ph.D. in Immunology from the University of South Carolina, US.
Doctor Wells is currently a practicing rheumatologist at the Rheumatology and Immunotherapy Center in Franklin, Wisconsin, where he serves as the Director. He is a Visiting Professor at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. He also maintains his clinical affiliation with Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina, the US where he is an Adjunct Assistant Professor.
He was a recipient of the prestigious Fogarty Biomedical Research Award from the National Institutes of Health, which allowed him to undertake a 2- year postdoctoral fellowship at Uppsala University, Sweden, with Professor. Lars Klareskog.
He has over 24 years of experience in the medical field and research experience focusing on chronic inflammatory diseases,
Doctor Wells is an internationally renowned speaker and researcher and has had research support from the Arthritis Foundation and from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, in New Jersey, US.
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Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Rheumatology, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI.
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Vice president
2010 - TodayWisconsin Rheumatology Association
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Director
2005 - TodayRheumatology and Immunotherapy Center,Franklin, Wisconsin ,USA.
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Assistant Professor
2002 - TodayDivision of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Clinical Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
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Head of Ethics Committee
1999 - 2001American College of Rheumatology
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Fellow, American College of Rheumatology (FACR)
American College of Rheumatology
2006
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Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine
2002
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Doctor of Medicine
University of South Florida, College of Medicine, US
1996
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Post-doctoral Training
Uppsala University Hospital, Sweden
1990
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Ph.D.
University of South Carolina, School of Medicine
1988
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Rheumatology residency
Duke University
1985
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Bachelor degree
Wofford College , Spartanburg, South Carolina, US
1983
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Member of the American College of Rheumatology
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Member of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
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American Academy of Physicians
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American Society of Clinical Rheumatologists
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American Medical Association
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