Andrea Wessell, Pharm.D., BCPS, CDE

Office address: PPRNet, 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:

Family Medicine Rural Clerkship Orientation

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:

American College of Clinical Pharmacy New Clinical Practitioner Award, April 2008

Invited Foreign Scientist by the Japanese Society of Hospital Pharmacists and Ministry of Health, Welfare and Labour. Tokyo and Yokohama, Japan, February 2008

Preceptor of the Year, Medical University of South Carolina Pharmacy Residency Program, June 2007

Research / academic / clinical interests:

Quality improvement
Medication safety
Electronic medical records

Link to College of Pharmacy Faculty Page:

Andrea Wessell's page

Selected or recent publications:

 Liszka HA, Miller PM, Nemeth LS, Jenkins RG, Nietert PJ, Wessell AM, Ornstein SM. Alcohol Screening and Brief Counseling in a Primary Care Hypertensive Population: A Quality Improvement Intervention. Addiction 2008;103:1271-80.

Ornstein S, Nietert PJ, Jenkins RG, Wessell AM, Nemeth LS, Liszka HA. Improving the Translation of Research into Primary Care Practice: Results of a National Quality Improvement Demonstration Project. Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety 2008;34(7):379-390.

Garris KL, Wellein MG, Wessell A, Ragucci D, Blair MM. First Year Residency Candidates' Perceived Exposure to Various Areas of Pharmacy Practice American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education 2008;72(1):Article 06.

Hansen LA, Jennings DL, Pallares MJ, Thompson AN, Garrison KL, Wessell AM. Assessment of Vitamin K Use in the Inpatient Treatment of Excessive Anticoagulation. Accepted for publication, The Journal of Pharmacy Technology 2008; 24:137-41.

Wessell AM, Nietert PJ, Jenkins RG, Nemeth LS, Ornstein SM. Inappropriate Medication Use in the Elderly: Results from a Quality Improvement Project in 99 Primary Care Practices. The American Journal of Geriatric Pharmacotherapy 2008; 6(1):21-27.

Wessell AM, Liszka HA, Nietert PJ, Jenkins RG, Nemeth LS, Ornstein SM. Achievable Benchmarks of Care for Primary Care Quality Indicators in a Practice-Based Research Network. American Journal of Medical Quality, Jan-Feb 2008; 23.1: p39(8). DOI: 10.1177/1062860607310774.

Jennings DL, Ragucci KR, Chumney E, Wessell AM. Impact of Pharmacist Intervention on Diabetes Related Quality of Life in an Ambulatory Care Clinic. Pharmacy Practice 2007;5(4):169-173. http://www.pharmacypractice.org/vol05/04/toc.htm

Nemeth LS, Wessell AM, Jenkins RG, Nietert PJ, Liszka HA, Ornstein SM. Strategies to Accelerate Translation of Research into Primary Care within Practices Using Electronic Medical Records. Journal of Nursing Care Quality 2007;22(4):343-349.

Feifer C, Nemeth LS, Nietert PJ, Wessell AM, Jenkins RG, Roylance L, Ornstein SM. Different Paths to High Quality Care: Three Archetypes of Top Performing Practice Sites. Annals of Family Medicine 2007;5(3):233-241. DOI: 10.1370/afm.697.

Nietert PJ, Wessell A, Jenkins RG, Feifer C, Nemeth LS, Ornstein SM. Using a summary measure for multiple quality indicators in primary care: the Summary Quality Index (SQUID). Implementation Science 2007, 2:11. DOI:10.1186/1748-5908-2-11. http://www.implementationscience.com/content/2/1/11