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Family Medicine Faculty

Andrea Wessell, Pharm.D., BCPS, CDE

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 Sciences

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.