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Andrea
Wessell, Pharm.D., BCPS, CDE
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Office address:
Family Medicine Center, 295 Calhoun St., Charleston, SC,
29425
Telephone/Fax: (843)
792-0834 / (843) 792-0436 (Fax)
Email address: wessell@musc.edu
Departmental and administrative
position(s):
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy and Clinical
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Education / Training:
Pharm.D., University of North Carolina, 2000
Pharmacy Practice Residency, University of Colorado, 2001
Family Medicine Residency, MUSC, 2002
Courses Taught:
Preceptor, Ambulatory Care Family Medicine and Inpatient Family
Medicine Rotations
PHMPR 676 – Ambulatory and Self-Care Therapeutics
PHMPR 726 – Disease Processes and Therapeutics III, Co-Coordinator,
Geriatrics sequence
PHMPR 765 – Geriatrics and Long-term Care Pharmacy Practice
Elective, Co-coordinator
Positions in academic / professional groups:
American College of Clinical Pharmacy
Ambulatory Care Practice and Research Network, Communications
Committee Member, 2000-present
Geriatrics Practice and Research Network, Member, 2002-present
Co-author, Position Paper – Pharmacy and the Elderly, 2003-present
American Society of Consultant Pharmacists, 2002-present
Member, South Carolina Chapter American Association of Colleges
of Pharmacy, 2002-present
Selected honors / awards:
Rho Chi Faculty Initiate, Medical University of South Carolina
College of Pharmacy, April 2003
Research / academic / clinical interests:
Geriatrics
Evidence-based medicine
Quality improvement.
Link to College of Pharmacy Faculty Page:
Andrea
Wessell's page
Selected or recent publications:
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;29:65-88.
Nietert PJ, Wessell AM, Feifer C, Ornstein SM. The effect of
terminal digit preference on blood pressure measurement and treatment
in primary care. American Journal of Hypertension 2006;19:147–152.
Ragucci KR, Fermo JD, Wessell AM, Chumney ECG. Evaluation of
the Effectiveness of Pharmacist-Administered Diabetes Education
and Management Services. Pharmacotherapy 2005;25(12):1809-16.
Linnebur SA, O’Connell MB, Wessell AM, McCord AD, Kennedy
DH, DeMaagd G, Dent LA, Splinter MY, Biery JC, Chang F, Jackson
RC, Miller SL, Sterling T. American College of Clinical Pharmacy
White Paper: Pharmacy Practice, Research, Education, and Advocacy
for Older Adults. Pharmacotherapy 2005;25(10):1396–1430.
Wessell AM, Weart CW. Eszopiclone (Lunesta) for Treatment of
Transient and Chronic Insomnia (STEPS New Drug Review). American
Family Physician 2005;71(12):2359.
Schwiesow SJ, Wessell AM, Steyer TE. Use of a modified dosing
weight for heparin therapy in a morbidly obese patient. Annals
of Pharmacotherapy 2005;39:753-6. (DOI 10.1345/aph.1E300.)
Wessell AM, Ornstein SM, Nietert PJ, Wilson JP, Brooks A. Achieving
Blood Pressure Control in Patients with Diabetes: A Case Study
in Primary Care. Topics in Health Information Management. 2003;24(1):3-7.
Brock TP, Wessell AM, Williams DW, Donohue JF. Accuracy of Float
Testing for Metered-Dose Inhaler (MDI) Containers. Journal of
the American Pharmaceutical Association. 2002;42(4):582-586.
Wessell AM, Ragucci KR. Syphilis: A Review of the Disease and
Its Treatment. US Pharmacist 2002;27(3):HS38-48.
Wessell AM, Blair MM. Pharmacology Consult: A Stepwise Approach
to Evaluating New Drug Therapy. Journal of the American Academy
of Physician Assistants 2001;11:10-11.
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