PPRNet Team

 

Steven Ornstein, M.D.

Professor of Family Medicine

Director – PPRNet 

Dr. Ornstein trained in the Department of Family Medicine and joined the faculty in 1985. Dr. Ornstein is the director of the Practice Partner Research Network (PPRNet), a national research of sites that use electronic medical records. His professional interests include health promotion and computers in medicine.
ornstesm@musc.edu 

 

 

Ruth Jenkins, PhD

Research Assistant Professor/Investigator 

Dr. Jenkins joined the Department of Family Medicine in 1987 as a Research Programmer/Specialist and Statistician. She completed her PhD in 2005 in Medical Informatics from MUSC's Department of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics and Epidemiology and joined the Family Medicine faculty in 2006. She is the Information Manager for the Practice Partner Research Network (PPRNet), a national primary care research network of practices that use electronic medical records. Her interests include Medical Informatics, Biomedical Statistical Computing and Information Management, EMRs, Quality Improvement, and Chronic Disease Management Research.
jenkinsr@musc.edu
 

 

 

Loraine Roylance, M.A.

PPRNet Program Coordinator
roylanlf@musc.edu



Heather Liszka, M.D. 
Investigator

After completing her family medicine residency at the University of Rochester, Dr. Liszka completed the faculty development/clinical research fellowship at MUSC in 2005 and joined the faculty that year. Her current clinical and research areas of interest include primary care mental health, women's health and OB, complementary and alternative medicine, and international medicine.
liszkah@musc.edu
 



Lynne Nemeth, PhD
Investigator
Dr. Lynne Nemeth is a Research Assistant Professor in the College of Nursing, and a Nurse Researcher at the Medical University Hospital Authority. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in nursing from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, her Masters of Science degree from Boston College as a Clinical Nurse Specialist, and her doctoral degree from the Medical University of South Carolina, in Nursing Science.

nemethl@musc.edu 


Paul Nietert, PhD
PPRNet Statistician 

Health Services Research, Group Randomized Trials, Rheumatic Diseases
nieterpj@musc.edu 


Andrea Wessell, PharmD
Investigator
Dr. Wessell joined the faculty of the College of Pharmacy with a joint appointment in Family Medicine in 2002. Andrea's involvement in Family Medicine includes clinical pharmacy services in the outpatient setting in addition to student and resident education in the inpatient setting. Her interests include geriatrics, evidence-based medicine and quality improvement.
wessell@musc.edu