Rebecca G. Wells, MD
Gastroenterology
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology)
My education and training
- Medical School: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women’s Hospital
- Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Spoken languages
English
English
Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: On the medical staff, but does not have privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: On the medical staff, but does not have privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, National
- American Gastroenterological Association, National
- American Society for Cell Biology, National
- American Society for Matrix Biology, National
- European Association for the Study of the Liver, International
- National Institutes of Health, Hepatobiliary Pathophysiology Study Section, National
- National Institutes of Health, Special Emphasis Panel on MASLD, National
- The Biophysical Society, International
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Li H, Gupta K, Wang Z, Llewellyn J, Jin H, Tenney S, Wells RG, Foston M. Understanding sub-cellular mechanochemical correlations of the neonatal extrahepatic bile duct extracellular matrix by atomic force microscope-Infrared spectroscopy , Anal Chim Acta, 1393: 2026,345175
Makkar H, Tran N, Chen YC, Ko KI, Wells RG, Vining KH. Matrix Stiffness Governs Fibroblasts' Regulation of Gingival Immune Homeostasis , Advanced Materials, 38(15): 2026,e20717
Li D, Loneker AE, Safraou Y, Ford J, Mihelc E, Sakane S, Kisseleva T, Levental KR, Levental I, Sack I, Janmey PA, Wells RG. Cholesterol-containing lipid crystals can directly stiffen the rat steatotic liver before fibrosis , Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 123(2): 2026,e2518060123
Song C, Zhu M, Wells RG, Du Y. Protocol for fabricating a vascularized bile duct-on-a-chip. , Biophys Rep, 11(6): 2025,370-379
Theise ND, Kohnehshahri MN, Chiriboga LA, Fyfe B, Cao W, Zee S, Imam R, Pichler-Sekulic S, Wells RG. Evidence of interstitial continuity within and beyond the human pancreas. , Human Pathology, 161: 2025,105855
Ordner J, Narula N, Chiriboga L, Zeck B, Majd M, Gupta K, Gaglia R, Zhou F, Moreira A, Iman R, Ko JP, Le L, Wells RG, Theise ND. Continuity of interstitial spaces within and outside the human lung. , Journal of Anatomy: 2025
Ma S, Habash NW, Dehankar MK, Jalan-Sakrikar N, Cooper SA, Anwar AA, Jerez S, Sutthirat P, Gao J, Diamond T, Jiao J, Qiu C, Yang J, Ilyas SI, Lee M, Yaqoob U, Cao S, Wells RG, Shah VH, Hilscher MB Congestion enriches intra-hepatic macrophages through reverse zonation of CXCL9 in liver sinusoidal endothelial cells. , Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol: 2025,101475
Byfield FJ, Eftekhari B, Kaymak-Loveless K, Mandal K, Li D, Wells RG, Chen W, Brujic J, Bergamaschi G, Wuite GJL, Patteson AE, Janmey PA Metabolically intact nuclei are fluidized by the activity of the chromatin remodeling motor BRG1. , Biophys J, 124(3): 2025,494-507
Chen D, Du Y, Llewellyn J, Bonna A, Zuo B, Janmey PA, Farndale RW, Wells Rg Versican binds collagen via its G3 domain and regulates the organization and mechanics of collagenous matrices , Journal of Biological Chemistry, 300(12): 2024,107968
Fried S, Har-Zahav A, Hamudi Y, Mahameed S, Mansur R, Dotan M, Cozacov T, Shamir R, Wells RG, Waisbourd-Zinman O Biliary atresia: insights into mechanisms using a toxic model of the disease including Wnt and Hippo signaling pathways and microtubules. , Pediatric Research: 2024