Cardiac (Heart)ProceduresAortic Arch Repair Aortic Root Repair Aortic Valve Surgery Atrial Fibrillation Surgery Coronary artery bypass grafts Heart Transplant Mitral Valve Surgery Pericardectomy Thoraco-Abdominal Repair Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implant (TAVI) GlossaryPatient JourneyOutpatient VisitPre-assessment ClinicHospital StayPost DischargeFollow-upMedicationsOutcome DataThoracic (Lungs)ProceduresBronchoscopy Chest Wall surgery Collapsed lung Empyema and Decortication Endobronchial Coils Endobronchial valves Lobectomy Lung Biopsy Lung Transplant Lung volume reduction Pectus Conditions Pleural Biopsy Pneumonectomy Sleeve Resection Thymectomy Tracheal resection Wedge Resection GlossaryPatient JourneyOutpatient VisitPre-assessment ClinicHospital StayPost DischargeFollow-upMedicationOutcome DataCongenital (Children)Congenital Heart Disease OverviewProceduresAtrial Septal Defect (ASD) Atrio Ventricular Septal Defect (AVSD) Coarctation of the Aorta Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS) Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA) Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) Pulmonary Valve Stenosis Transposition of the Great Arteries (TGA) Tricuspid Atresia Truncus Arteriosus Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD) GlossaryPatient JourneyOutpatient VisitPre-assessment ClinicHospital StayFollow-upMedicationsOutcome DataSupport GroupsCardiac Support GroupsThoracic Support GroupsCongenital Support GroupsSCTS Lay RepresentativeWellbeingWound ManagementFind a HospitalFind a ConsultantDonateUseful Information Home Patients Find a Consultant Mr Francis Charles Wells Find a Consultant Mr Francis Charles WellsLast updated: 3 Jan 2024GMC: 2269597Areas of Practice: Adult CardiacRegion: East of EnglandHospitals: Royal Papworth Hospital Profile Cardiac Committees Addresses Consultant Cardiac Surgeon Papworth hospital, Cambridge. Associate Lecturer Department of Surgery University of Cambridge, Cambridge. Having had a lifelong career in Cardiac and Thoracic surgery i have recently focussed soleley on my Cardiac practice. Whilst providing a service for all adult cardiac surgical disease my main focus has been on reconstructive valve surgery. I have a large practice in Mitral Vlve reconstruction with a repairt rate of close to 100% for degenerative valves. I also have a big experience with Rheumatic valve disease and have a lot of experience in reconstruction of these valves. These skills have been honed in charitable work in Ethiopia where there is a large population with the ravages of Rheumatic disease. I also have significant experience over the last 30 years in aortic valve surgery including aortic valve reconstruction and ascending aortic work.Training AttendedCharing Cross Hospital (Undergraduate) Brompton Hospital (Cardiac surgery) Addenbrookes hospital (General surgery) Papworth hospital Cardiothoracic surgery) UAB Birmingham Alabama (Senior research fellow)Qualifications & AccreditationsM.B., B.S. Hons. (Lon) B.Sc. Hons (Lond) M.S. (RCS Lond) M.A. Cantab FEACTS Adult Cardiac Surgery SCTS CommitteesThis consultant has not been a member of any SCTS committees. Addresses This consultant has not added any addresses to their public profile. View all Consultants