Jennifer Wells, MD

UT Health San Antonio

Schedule an appointment: 210-567-5777

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Specialties: Gastroenterology; Transplant

Areas of Interest/Focus: Hepatology

Board Affiliation/Certification: American Board Internal Medicine/Gastroenterology; American Board of Internal Medicine; American Board of Internal Medicine/Transplant Hepatology

Education: Texas Tech University, 2002

Residency: University of Wisconsin at Madison - GME, 2005

Fellowships: University of Wisconsin at Madison - GME, 2008; University of Wisconsin at Madison - GME, 2009

Languages: English

Gender: Female

University Hospital

4502 Medical Drive
San Antonio,TX 78229

210-358-4000

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Location Details

Insurance Accepted: 6 Degrees - Transplant; 90 Degree Benefits - Commercial; Aetna - EPO; Aetna - PPO/HMO/MC Advantage; Aetna - Transplant; Aetna Better Health - Medicaid-CHIP; Aetna Better Health - Medicaid-STAR; AIG - Transplant; Amerigroup - Medicaid-CHIP; Amerigroup - Medicaid-CHIP Perinate; Amerigroup - Medicaid-STAR; Amerigroup - Medicaid-STAR Kids; Amerigroup - Medicaid-STAR PLUS; Amerigroup - Medicare Advantage; Amerigroup - Medicare-Medicaid Duals; Ancira Enterprises - Direct Employer; Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas - Exchange (BlueAdvantage); Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas - HMO; Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas - HPN/EPO (Narrow Network); Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas - Medicaid-STAR; Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas - Medicare Advantage HMO; Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas - Medicare Advantage PPO Yes Yes; Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas - Narrow HMO (Blue Essentials); Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas - Narrow HMO (Blue Premier); Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas - PPO; Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas - Traditional; Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas - Transplant Programs; Care Improvement Plus - Medicare Advantage-SNP; Cenpatico - Medicaid-CHIP; Cenpatico - Medicaid-STAR; Cenpatico - Medicaid-STAR Health (Foster Care); Cenpatico - Medicare Advantage; Community First Health Plans - Exchange (EPO); Community First Health Plans - HMO; Community First Health Plans - Medicaid-CHIP; Community First Health Plans - Medicaid-CHIP Perinate; Community First Health Plans - Medicaid-STAR; Community First Health Plans - Medicaid-STAR Kids; Community First Health Plans - Medicare Advantage HMO; Coventry - HMO; Coventry - PPO; Coventry - Work Comp / Auto; Decent Health Plan - Commercial; EBSO - TPA; Entrust - TPA; FirstCare (Part of Scott & White Health Plans) - Medicaid-STAR; Healthsmart - PPO; Humana - Commercial Behavioral Health; Humana - Exchange (HMOx); Humana - HMO; Humana - Medicare Advantage Behavioral Health; Humana - Medicare Advantage HMO (Gold); Humana - Medicare Advantage PPO; Humana - National Transplant Network; Humana - PPO; Humana Military - TRICARE; Imperial Health Plan - Medicare Advantage; Independent Medical Systems (IMS) - PPO; Interlink - Transplant; LifeTrac - Transplant; Magellan - Commercial and Medicaid Behavioral Health; Molina - Commercial Exchange; Molina - Medicaid-CHIP; Molina - Medicaid-CHIP Perinate; Molina - Medicaid-STAR; Molina - Medicare Advantage; Molina - Medicare-Medicaid Duals; OptumHealth - Transplant; Point Comfort Underwriters (PCU) - Refugee Medical Assistance; Point Comfort Underwriters (PCU) - Unaccompanied Children; Preferred Provider Health Plan (PPHP) - Medicare Advantage I-SNP; Prime Health Services - Medicare Advantage; Prime Health Services- PPO; ProCare Advantage - Medicare Advantage I-SNP; San Antonio Independent School District (SAISD) - Student Services; Scott & White Health Plan - HMO; Scott & White Health Plan - Medicare Advantage; Scott & White Health Plan - PPO; Superior HealthPlan - Medicaid; Superior HealthPlan - Medicaid-CHIP; Superior HealthPlan - Medicaid-CHIP Perinate; Superior HealthPlan - Medicaid-STAR Health (Foster Care); Superior HealthPlan - Medicaid-STAR Kids; Superior HealthPlan - Medicaid-STAR PLUS; Superior HealthPlan - Medicare Advantage (Allwell); Superior HealthPlan - Medicare-Medicaid Duals (Allwell); Texas Independence Health Plan - Medicare Advantage I-SNP; Three Rivers Provider Network - PPO; TriWest (via BCBSTX) - VA CCN Program; UnitedHealthcare - Medicaid-STAR; UnitedHealthcare - Medicaid-STAR Kids; UnitedHealthcare - Medicaid-STAR PLUS; UnitedHealthcare - Medicare Advantage; UnitedHealthcare - PPO; University of Incarnate Word - Direct Employer; WellCare - Medicare Advantage; WellMed - Medicare Advantage; Please contact your health insurance company to confirm provider participation. For billing and insurance questions, please call our Billing Department at 210-358-3260.

Book Chapters

Wells JT, Lucey MR.Alcoholic Liver Disease. Book chapter for 2nd edition of the Textbook of Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Wiley-Blackwell.
Perrillo, R, Wells JT.Hepatitis B. Sleisenger & Fordtran,10th edition.
Said A, Safdar N, Wells JT, Lucey MR.Liver Disease in Renal Transplant Patients. Book Chapter. Kidney Transplantation: Principles and Practices. 6th Edition. Editor Sir Peter J Morris, Stuart Knechtle.
Said A, Wells, JT.The Epidemiology of Liver Disease. Book Chapter, Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases.
Wells JT, Lucey MR.Transplant Medicine. Kumar & Clark’s Clinical Medicine. Elsevier.

Other Publications

Landaverde, Carmen, Wells, Jennifer, Hamner, Rebekah, Goldstein, Janie.Dual Therapy of grazoprevir and elbasvir for the treatment of HCV. Expert Review of Gastroenterology & Hepatology. Online Jan 2016.
Wells, JT, Landaverde, Carmen, Gutierrez, J, Lawitz, Eric.Management of Patients with HCV resistance-associated variants to NS5A inhibitors: Where are we now? Clinical Liver Disease. Volume 6, Issue 4. Oct 2015:82-85.
Landaverde, Carmen, Wells, JT, Gutierrez, J, Poordad, F.Treatment of patients with HCV genotype 3: Where are we now? Clinical Liver Disease. Volume 6, Issue 4. Oct 2015:79-81.
Said A, Wells JT.Management of hepatocellular carcinoma. Minerva Med. 2009 Feb;100(1):51-68.
Wells JT, Runo JR, Lucey ML.Portopulmonary Hypertension in Liver Transplant Recipients. Editorial. Hepatology 2008.
Tome, Santiago, Wells, JT, Said, Adnan, Lucey, ML.Quality of life after liver transplantation. A systematic review. Journal of Hepatology. April 2008.
Wells JT, Agni R, Said A, Dureja P, Tome S, Lucey MR.The Impact of Acute Alcoholic Hepatitis in the Explanted Recipient Liver on Outcome after Liver Transplantation. Transplantation Dec 2007.
Wells JT, Lucey MR, Said A.Hepatitis C in Transplant Recipients of Solid Organs, Other than Liver. Clinics and Liver Disease. 2006 Nov 10(4):901-17.

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