Dr. Scott Wells is certified by the

American Board of Plastic Surgery. His specialties included facelift, breast augmentation and body contouring with an extensive education in aesthetic surgery, laser and general reconstructive surgeries. Educated at the Johns Hopkins University and New York Medical College, Dr. Wells has built an extensive practice at 655 Park Avenue in Manhattan.

He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, has won numerous awards including the American Medical Association's Physicians Recognition Award and is a former Clinical Instructor of Plastic Surgery at New York's Mount Sinai School of Medicine.

Dr. Wells is named on the Best Doctor's List in Castle Connelly's Directory and has been quoted in articles published in Vogue, Vanity Fair, Allure and Hamptons Magazine.

Dr. Wells' personal approach to surgery "is to stress absolutely natural results. Excellent plastic surgery requires a sophisticated approach. This can only be achieved through a sensible and well-conceived surgical plan along with meticulous attention to details."

POST DOCTORAL TRAINING:

Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Training in Cutaneous Laser Surgery
December 1992
 
Steven M. Hoefflin, M.D., F.A.C.S., Santa Monica, CA
Preceptorship in Aesthetic Surgery
October-November 1992
 
Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA
Preceptorship in Aesthetic Surgery and Genito-Unrinary
Reconstruction
Preceptor: Charles E. Horton, M.D.
July – October 1992
 
State University of New York Health Center, Brooklyn, NY
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Chief Residency 1991-1992
Residency 1990-1991
 
Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Microsurgery Training Course
February 1991
 
Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY
Chief Surgical Resident 1989-1990
Five Year General Surgery 1985-1990

MEDICAL EDUCATION:

New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York - M.D., 1985

UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION:

The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD - B.A., 1981
The Wheatley School, Old Westbury NY - Academic, 1977

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS:

The American Board of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Certificate #4913
November 22, 1995
 
The American Board of Surgery
Certificate #36663
November 4, 1991

PROFESSIONAL FELLOWSHIPS:

Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, 1996

HONORS:

Physicians Recognition Award, 2000-2004
The American Medical Association
 

Physicians Recognition Award, 1997-2000
The American Medical Association
 
Physicians Recognition Award, 1994-1997
The American Medical Association
 
Surgery, Physicology, Obstetrics & Gynecology, 1985-1986
New York Medical College, M.D.

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:

Clinical Instructor of Plastic Surgery,
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY

HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS:

North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY
North Shore University Hospital, Glen Cove, NY
North Shore University Hospital, Plainview, NY
Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, NY
Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY
Mt. Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY

PROFESSIONAL SOCIEITES:

American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Diplomate of the American Board of Surgery
The American Medical Association
The American College of Surgeons
Medical Society, State of New York
Nassau County Medical Society

MISCELLANEOUS:

Student Research Assistant Department of Anatomy & Pathology
New York Medical College 

PUBLICATIONS:

Appendiceal Disease in HIV Infected Homosexual Men Case Report
Scott B. Wells, M. D.; Howard L. Beaton, M.D.
The Aids Reader (173-175); September-October 1991
 
Appendicitis in HIV Infected Homosexual Men
Scott B. Wells, M.D.; Howard L. Beaton, M.D.
Accepted for Publication in Infections In Surgery
 
Marine Envenomation of the Hand, Scott B. Wells, M.D.
Accepted for Publication in Journal of Hand Surgery
 
Dermis Fat Grafts for Lip Augmentation and Correction of Naso-Facial
Submitted for Publication Annals of Plastic Surgery

PRESENTATIONS:

Chemical Rejuvenation of the Skin
North Shore University Hospital
 
Marine Envenomation of the Hand
40th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society of Former Residents and Associates In Plastic Surgery, Health Science Center
State University of New York, Brooklyn, NY June 5, 1992
 
Upper Arm Reconstruction Using Lattissimus Dorsi Muscle Transfer
40th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society of Former Residents and Associates in Plastic Surgery, Health Science Center
State University of New York, Brooklyn, NY June 5, 1992

The Natural History of Malignant Melanoma Arising From A Lentigo Maligna
Plastic Surgery Senior Resident Conference; Montreal, Canada 1992