Philip Steven Wells, M.D., M.Sc., FRCPC is a Canadian hematologist and current chair and Chief of Medicine at the

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and

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. He is considered an expert in thromboembolic disorders and is known for developing the Wells risk score for

pulmonary embolism Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a blockage of an pulmonary artery, artery in the lungs by a substance that has moved from elsewhere in the body through the bloodstream (embolism). Symptoms of a PE may include dyspnea, shortness of breath, chest pain p ...

and

deep vein thrombosis Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a type of venous thrombosis involving the formation of a blood clot in a deep vein, most commonly in the legs or pelvis. A minority of DVTs occur in the arms. Symptoms can include pain, swelling, redness, and enla ...

Early life

Wells was born and raised in Kincardine, Ontario. An athletic student, he was highly active in his high school athletic team. In 1978, he attained Canadian National Junior Champion status as a high jumper.

Education

Wells attended the

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for his undergraduate degree in 1978. While there, he competed on the varsity track and field team and placed second in the Canadian Senior Track and Field Championships/

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Trials meeting the Olympic standard of 2.18 metres that year. Wells attended the

for medical school, graduating with his M.D. ''magna cum laude'' in 1984. During his time there, he was a member of the University of Ottawa varsity basketball team in 1982. He completed his internship at

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in 1985 and, after a year working as an Emergency Physician and doing Family Medicine locums, he completed his Internal Medicine residency at the University of Ottawa in 1989. He completed a fellowship in hematology at

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in 1991 and completed a M.Sc. in Clinical Epidemiology at

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in 1994.

Career

In 1991, after completing his fellowship at McMaster University, he was appointed as an attending hematologist at Henderson General Hospital. In 1994 he moved back to the University of Ottawa becoming an assistant professor. In 1996 he was appointed Program Director for the Hematology Training program then he assumed the role of Chief and Chair of Hematology in 1998 and a Full Professor of Medicine with a cross appointment to Epidemiology and Community Medicine in 2003. In 2007 he was made the Deputy Head of Research in the Department of Medicine and in 2009 he was made the chair and Chief of Medicine at the University of Ottawa. From 2012 to 2015, he was the President of the Canadian Association for Professors of Medicine.

Family

Wells is married and has two children, one studying medicine and the other studying to become a chiropractor.

Awards

* University of Ottawa Lifetime Achievement Award - 2014 * The Ottawa Hospital J. David Grimes Career Achievement Award - 2012 * Canada Research Chair Award in Thromboembolic Diseases - July 2001 - June 2011 * Ottawa Health Research Institute, Dr Michel Chretien Researcher of the Year in 2009.

References

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