Steven Ornstein, M.D.

Office address: 20 Ehrhardt Street, Charleston, SC 29425 Telephone/Fax: (843) 876-1213 / (843) 876-1211 (Fax) Email address: ornstesm@musc.edu Departmental and administrative position(s): Professor

Education / Training:

College: Dartmouth College
MD/PhD: Duke University
Residency: Medical University of South Carolina
Fellowship: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Courses Taught:

Doctoring Curriculum - LPCE

Positions in academic / professional groups:

Director, Practice Partner Research Network (PPRNet)

Selected honors / awards:

Listed as a Best Doctor, by Best Doctors, Inc. (Year 2001-2005)
Honorable Mention, Best Paper 2006 Society of Teachers of Family Medicine

Research / academic / clinical interests:

Quality Improvement, Health Promotion,
Electronic Medical Record, Research Networks,
Chronic Disease Management

Selected or recent publications:

Ornstein SM, Jenkins RG, Nietert PJ, Feifer C, Roylance LF, Nemeth L, Corley S, Dickerson L, Bradford WD, Litvin, C: Multi-Method Quality Improvement Intervention to Improve Cardiovascular Care: A Cluster Randomized Trial, Annals of Internal Medicine, 2004; 141(7):523-532

Nietert PJ, Ornstein SM, Jenkins RG, Roylance LF, Dickerson L, Feifer C. The effect of ethnicity on outcomes in a practice-based trial to improve cardiovascular disease prevention. International Journal for Equity in Health, 2004, 3:12

Feifer C, Ornstein SM: Strategies for Increasing Adherence to Clinical Guidelines and Improving Patient Outcomes in Small Primary Care Practices. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Safety 2004; 30(8): 432-441

Jenkins RG, Ornstein SM, Nietert PJ, Klockars SJ, Thiedke C: Quality Improvement for Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke in an Academic Family Medicine Center: Do Racial Differences in Outcome Exist? Ethnicity & Disease, 2006, 16: 132-137

Paul J. Nietert, Andrea M. Wessell, Chris Feifer and Steven M. Ornstein: Effect of Terminal Digit Preference on Blood Pressure Measurement and Treatment in Primary Care American Journal of Hypertension, 2006, 19(2): 147-152

Feifer C, Ornstein SM, Jenkins RG, Wessell AM, Corley ST, Nemeth LS, Roylance L, Nietert PJ, Liszka, H: The logic behind a multi-method intervention to improve adherence to clinical practice guidelines in a nationwide network of primary care practices. Evaluation & the Health Professions, 2006, 29(1): 65-88