Michael Wells

Background

About Michael Wells

Dr. Wells graduated magma cum laude from the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Science Degree in chemistry in 1973. He went on to earn a Ph.D. in Medical Sciences from the Department of Neuroscience at the University of Florida in 1977. His dissertation research focused on spinal cord injury and associated neurochemical changes in protein metabolism. After two postdoctoral fellowships, he became a principal investigator in central nervous system injury for the Department of Veterans Affairs in Washington, D.C. His association with teaching began at the Uniform Service University of the Health Sciences in Washington, D.C. In 1989, Dr. Wells joined the faculty of the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYCOM) to teach in their neuroscience program and continued research through the Veterans Administration at Northport, N.Y. After a brief venture into private industry, Dr. Wells returned to the NYCOM and began collaborations with osteopathic physicians to examine the effects of manipulative treatment on patients with Parkinson disease. He became Chairman of the Department of Biomechanics and Bioengineering at the NYCOM. Dr. Wells joined Touro University Nevada in 2004 as head of the Neuroscience program and later Interim Associate Dean for Preclinical Education. He is currently Chairman of the Department of Basic Sciences.