UAMS Pediatrics

• Professor, College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics

Sections

• Nephrology

Specialties

• General Pediatrics

Contact Information

• Email:	WellsThomasG@uams.edu
  Phone:	501-603-1638
  Address:	University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
  	4301 W. Markham St., Slot 708
  	Little Rock, AR 72205

Education

• M.B.A., University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2003
• B.S., University of Iowa, 1977
• M.D., University of Iowa, 1981

Training

• Chief Resident, Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 1983-1984
• Resident, Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 1981-1984
• Fellow, Pediatric Nephrology, University of Minnesota, 1984-1988
• Fellow, Pediatric Clinical Pharmacology, University of Minnesota, 1986-1988

Licensure and Board Certification

• American Board of Medical Specialties, Pediatrics, Pediatrics

Recent Publications

• Journal Article, Wells T., Nicholas J.A.Webb,., Chun Lam., Shahnaz Shahinfar., Juergen Strehlau., Gilbert W. Gleim., Celine Le Bailly De Tilleghem. Efficacy and safety of losartan in children with Alport syndrome-results from a subgroup analysis of a prospective, randomized, placebo-or amlodipine-controlled trial. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2011 February; 10:1-5.
• Journal Article, Wells T., Blumer J., Meyers KE., Neto JP., Meneses R., Litwin M., Vande Walle J., Solar-Yohay S., Shi V., Han G., The Valsartan Pediatric Hypertension Study Group. Effectiveness and Safety of Valsartan in Children Aged 6 to 16 years with Hypertension. J Clin Hypertens 2011 (13):357-365.
• Journal Article, Wells T., Portman Ronald., Norman Patricia., Haertter Sebastian., Davidai Giora., Wang Fei. Safety, Efficacy and Pharmacokinetics of Telmisartan in Pediatric Patients with Hypertension. Clin Pediatr 2010 August;
• Journal Article, Nicholas J.A. Webb., Chun Lam., Tom Loeys., Shahnaz Shahinfar., Juergen Strehlau., Thomas G. Wells., Emanuela Santoro., Denise Manas., Gilbert W. Gleim. Randomized, Double-Blind, Controlled Study of Losartan in Children with Proteinuria. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2010 5:417-424.
• Journal Article, Wells T., Blumer, Jeffrey., Batisky, Donald L., Shi, Victor., Solar-Yohay, Susan., Sunkara Gangadhar. Pharmacokinetics of Valsartan in Pediatric and Adolescent Subjects with Hypertension. Journal 2009 J Clin Pharmacol; 2009(49:235-241)
• Journal Article, Blumer J., Batisky DL., Wells T., Shi V., Solar-Yohay S., Sunkara G. The Pharmacokinetics of Valsartan in Pediatric and Adolescent Subjects with Hypertension. J Clin Pharmacol 2009 49:235-241.
• Journal Article, Franks, AM, O'Brien CE, Stowe CD, WellsTG, Gardner SF. Candesartan Cilexetil Effectively Reduces Blood Pressure in Hypertensive Children . AnnPharmacother 2008 42(10):1388-1395.
• Journal Article, Hogg RJ, Delucchi A, Sakihara G, Wells TG, Tenney F, Batisky D, Vogt BA, Lo M-W, Hand E, Panebianco D, Rippley R, Shaw W, Shahinfar S. A Multicenter Study of the Pharmacokinetics of Lisinopril in Pediatric Patients with Hypertension. Pediatr Nephrol 2007; 22:695-701.
• Journal Article, Abdel-Rahman SM., Reed MD., Wells TG., Kearns GL. Considerations in the Rational Design and Conduct of Phase I/II Pediatric Clinical Trials: Avoiding the Problems and Pitfalls. Clin Pharmacol Ther 2007 81(4):483-94.
• Journal Article, Chien S, Wells TG, Blumer JL, Kearns GL, Bradley JS, Bocchini JA, Natarajan J, Maldonado S, Noel G. Levofloxacin Pharmacokinetics in Children. J Clin Pharmacol 2005; 45:153-160.