Joel Wells, M.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor

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Assistant Professor

Graduate School

Tulane University School of Public Health (2010), Public Health

Medical School

Tulane University (2010)

Internship

Brigham and Women's Hospital/The Faulkner Hospital (2011), Surgery

Residency

Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Program (2015), Orthopedic Surgery

Fellowship

Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine (2016), Joint Preservation, Resurfacing & Reconstruction

• Anterior Total Hip Replacement
• Hip Arthroscopy
• Hip Dysplasia
• Pelvis and Femoral Anatomy
• Periacetabular Osteotomy

Featured Publications

Ultrasound-guided suprainguinal fascia iliaca compartment block versus periarticular infiltration for pain management after total hip arthroplasty: a randomized controlled trial.

Gasanova I, Alexander JC, Estrera K, Wells J, Sunna M, Minhajuddin A, Joshi GP Reg Anesth Pain Med 2019 Feb 44 2 206-211

Ultrasound-guided suprainguinal fascia iliaca compartment block versus periarticular infiltration for pain management after total hip arthroplasty: a randomized controlled trial.

Gasanova I, Alexander JC, Estrera K, Wells J, Sunna M, Minhajuddin A, Joshi GP Reg Anesth Pain Med 2019 Feb 44 2 206-211

Treatment of intra-articular hip malignancy with extra-articular resection, preservation of the acetabular columns, and total hip arthroplasty.

Wells JE, Clohisy JC, O'Keefe RJ Arthroplast Today 2018 Dec 4 4 431-435

Are Complications After the Bernese Periacetabular Osteotomy Associated With Subsequent Outcomes Scores?

Wells J, Schoenecker P, Petrie J, Thomason K, Goss CW, Clohisy JC Clin. Orthop. Relat. Res. 2018 Nov

3d CT segmentation of CAM type femoroacetabular impingement - Reliability and Relationship of CAM lesion with Anthropomorphic Features.

Zhang L, Wells J, Dessouky R, Gleason A, Chopra R, Chatzinoff Y, Fey NP, Xi Y, Chhabra A Br J Radiol 2018 Aug 20180371

Does 3DMR provide equivalent information as 3DCT for the pre-operative evaluation of adult Hip pain conditions of femoroacetabular impingement and Hip dysplasia?

Yan K, Xi Y, Sasiponganan C, Zerr J, Wells J, Chhabra A Br J Radiol 2018 Jul 20180474

Analysis of Femoral Version in Patients Undergoing Periacetabular Osteotomy for Symptomatic Acetabular Dysplasia.

Sankar WN, Novais E, Koueiter D, Refakis C, Sink E, Millis MB, Kim YJ, Clohisy J, Wells J, Nepple J, Zaltz I J Am Acad Orthop Surg 2018 Jun

Intermediate-Term Hip Survivorship and Patient-Reported Outcomes of Periacetabular Osteotomy: The Washington University Experience.

Wells J, Schoenecker P, Duncan S, Goss CW, Thomason K, Clohisy JC J Bone Joint Surg Am 2018 Feb 100 3 218-225

Three Patterns of Acetabular Deficiency Are Common in Young Adult Patients With Acetabular Dysplasia.

Nepple JJ, Wells J, Ross JR, Bedi A, Schoenecker PL, Clohisy JC Clin. Orthop. Relat. Res. 2016 Nov

Survivorship of the Bernese Periacetabular Osteotomy: What Factors are Associated with Long-term Failure?

Wells J, Millis M, Kim YJ, Bulat E, Miller P, Matheney T Clin. Orthop. Relat. Res. 2016 May

• Young Alumnus or the Year
  Abilene Christian University (2020)
• Harvard Orthopaedic Surgery Best Clinical Research Award: The Long-Term Outcomes Following The Bernese Periacetabular Osteotomy, and Predictors of Failure.
  (2015)
• Chief Resident Massachusetts General Hospital Orthopaedic Surgery: Chairman Harry Rubash MD
  (2014-2015)
• Tufts Accomplished Teaching Award in Surgery
  (2011)
• Tulane Orthopedic Surgery Caldwell Society Award: Top Medical Student in Orthopaedic Surgery
  (2010)
• Gold Humanism in Medicine Society Award
  (2009)
• ESPN The Magazine Academic All American
  (2006)
• Lone Star Conference Baseball Player of the Year
  (2006)
• MLB Amateur Baseball Draft, Selected by NY Mets
  (2006)
• Rawlings/American Baseball Coaches Association All American
  (2006)

• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)
• American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons (AAHKS)
• International Society of Hip Arthroscopy (ISHA)
• Miles4Hips, Medical Director
• Texas Orthopaedic Association (TOA)