Dr. George R. Wells M.D.
Anesthesiologist
1201 11th Ave S Birmingham AL, 35205About
Dr. George Wells is an anesthesiologist practicing in Birmingham, AL. Dr. Wells ensures the safety of patients who are about to undergo surgery. Anestesiologists specialize in general anesthesia, which will (put the patient to sleep), sedation, which will calm the patient or make him or her unaware of the situation, and regional anesthesia, which just numbs a specific part of the body. As an anesthesiologist, Dr. Wells also might help manage pain after an operation.
Education and Training
University of Alabama School of Medicine 1990
Board Certification
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA- Hospice and Palliative Medicine
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- A rare cause of post-micturition dribbling: incomplete urethral duplication.
- Relationship between bile colonization, high-risk factors and postoperative sepsis in patients undergoing biliary tract operations while receiving a prophylactic antibiotic. West of Scotland Surgical Infection Study Group.
- A multicenter study to compare cefotetan alone with cefotetan and metronidazole as prophylaxis against infection in elective colorectal operations.
- A theoretical mechanism for massive supraglottic swelling following carotid endarterectomy.
- Early experience with synchronous aorto-bifemoral and femoro-popliteal bypass grafts.
- Difficult airway management with neck swelling after carotid endarterectomy.
- Early catheter removal: a prospective study of 100 consecutive patients undergoing transurethral resection of the prostate.
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