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Department of Family Medicine

Assistant Professor Charles Ponte, Pharm. D.
Department of Family Medicine
Morgantown, WV

PRESENTATIONS:

     

  • "The Emergence of a World-Wide Epidemic: The Changing Face of Diabetes--Sponsored by the SOP Academy of Student Pharmacists (ASP) As part of World Diabetes Day, November 14, 2008
  •  “Taking the Hurt Out of Pain” – 34th Annual Hal Wanger Family Medicine Conference   – Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center (WVU) – Morgantown, WV – October 9, 2008 
  •  “Avoiding Potholes Along the Road to Better Pain Management” – West Virginia  Pharmacist’s Association – 101st Annual Convention – Stonewall Resort and Conference  Center – Roanoke, WV – September 6, 2008 
  •  “The pharmacological management of pain (Taking the Hurt Out of Pain)” – Hospice of  Southern West Virginia’s 8th Annual Palliative Care Conference – National Mine  Academy – Beaver, WV – June 11, 2008
  • “Medication Therapy Management – Tales from the Trenches: An Interactive Case for thePracticingPharmacist”–West Virginia Pharmacists Association 99th Annual Convention and 8th Joint Meeting with the West Virginia Health Systems Pharmacists    Roanoke, WV – October 7, 2006
  •  “Large Group Teaching – Overcoming the Obstacles Along the Way” – Teaching Scholars  Summer Institute – WVU Robert C. Byrd Health Science Center – June 7, 2006
  • “The Changing Face of Type 2 Diabetes mellitus: Emerging Treatment Strategies” – First Joint Conference of the West Virginia Dietetic Association and West Virginia Association of  Diabetes Educators – Charleston, WV – April 27, 2006  
  • “The Changing Face of Type 2 Diabetes mellitus: Emerging Treatment Strategies” – WVU School of Pharmacy Alumni Association’s Annual Indoor Basketball Tailgate and CE Program for Pharmacists - WVU Robert C. Byrd Health Science Center – January 14, 2006
  • “The Road to Pain Relief – Overcoming the Pot Holes Along the Way” (Opioid Pharmacology Track)  - 16th Annual Clinical Meeting – American Academy of  Pain Management - San Diego, CA - September 23, 2005
  • “Case Studies in Pain Management” (Speaker and Facilitator with Jennifer Strickland, PharmD  & Mary Lynn McPherson, PharmD) - American Pharmacists Association Annual Meeting and Exposition - Orlando, FL - April 3, 2005
  • “Attitudes and Knowledge about Pain – An Assessment of West Virginia Family Practice Physicians” – Ponte CD and Tribino-Johnson JK – Research Podium Presentation – for 2004 American Academy of Family Physicians Scientific Assembly – Orlando, FL -  October 16, 2004

PUBLICATIONS:

  •  Carbonara G, Ponte CD. Acute pain. In: Schwinghammer TL, Koehler JM, eds.         Pharmacotherapy Casebook: A Patient-Focused Approach. 7th ed. New York: McGraw- Hill, 2009:164-166.

  • Abate MA and Ponte CD. Diarrhea. In: Schwinghammer TL, Koehler JM, eds.         Pharmacotherapy Casebook: A Patient-Focused Approach. 7th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2009:104-106.   

  • Ponte CD. Bacterial vaginosis. In: In: Schwinghammer TL, Koehler JM, eds. PharmacotherapyCasebook: A Patient-Focused Approach. 7th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2009:316-318.

  • Ponte CD. Letter to the Editor. Practical Pain Management 2008; 8: 11. [in response to  comments regarding Ponte CD. Chronic cancer pain management. Practical Pain   Management 2007; (November/December): 84- 88]. 

  •  Ponte CD. ‘Head to Toe’ – Nonprescription Drug History. Practical Pain Management 2008; (July/August): 82.

  • Ponte CD. “Avandia Shouldn’t Be on the Market!” (Hype or Right?) James Hubbard’s MyFamily Doctor 2007 (Nov/Dec): 6
  • Ponte CD. Ponte’s Pearls – “One Good Turn Deserves Another or How to Get Blood Out of a Rock!” and “The Alpha-glucosidase Inhibitors – Food for Thought” – WVADE Newsletter 2007(May); II (1):3.
  • Ponte CD. Book Note (Fonseca VA. Clinical Diabetes:Translating Research into Practice) Ann Intern Med 2007; 146: 152.
  • Ponte CD and Johnson-Tribino J. Attitudes and knowledge about pain among West Virginia  pharmacists. J Am Pharm Assoc 2007; 47:379-3
  • Ponte CD. DM Pearl (glyburide and ischemic preconditioning) WVU SOP Preceptor Newsletter  2006 (Fall); 1(3):4
  • Ponte CD. The practical use of non-opioid and opioid analgesics for the management of pain.   Practical Pain Management 2006; 6(November/December): 54, 56-59
  • Ponte CD. Taking the Hurt Out of Pain – The Role of the Pharmacist –US Pharmacy Review 2006:44-45. (for Touch Briefings)
  • Ponte CD. Comment: pharmacist critique was ill-informed. Ann Pharmacother 2006; 40:1475- 6.
  • Ponte CD. Practical Pain Management 2006; 6(5): 10 (Letter to the Editor) – in response to Go R and Cole BE. Managing diabetic peipheral neuropathic pain (DPNP). Practical Pain Management 2006 (May/June)
  • Ponte CD. “Ladies and gentlemen, our speaker needs no introduction…” JAPhA 2006; 46:116,  118. (Letter)
  • Ponte CD. The assessment and management of opioid-requiring chronic cancer pain: a case study using a problem-based learning (PBL) format. The Pain Practitioner 2005 (Winter);15 (4):35-42.
  • Dang DK, Haines S, Ponte CD and Calis KA. Chapter 28. Glucose and insulin dysregulation. In: Tisdale JE, Miller DA eds. Drug-induced diseases. Bethesda, MD: American Society ofHealth-System Pharmacists; 2005: 365-378.
  • Ponte CD. Bacterial vaginosis. In: Schwinghammer TL, ed. Pharmacotherapy Casebook: Apatient- focused approach. New York, NY: McGraw Hill; 2005:337-9.
  • Abate MA and Ponte CD. Diarrhea. In: Schwinghammer TL, ed. Pharmacotherapy Casebook:   A patient- focused approach. New York, NY: McGraw Hill; 2005:116-8.
  • Ponte CD. Bryson City Seasons by Walter Larimore, MD – Ann Pharmacother 2005; 39: 1142- 43. (Book Review, published online 3 May 2005,  www.theannals.com) 
  • Ponte CD. The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Guide to Asthma: How to Help Your Child  Live a Healthier Life. J Pharm Technol 2005; 21: 46-7. (Book Review, Jan/Feb Issue)
  • Ponte CD. Chronic cancer pain management. Practical Pain Management 2007;         (November/December): 84-88.  (Encore submission (edited version) with permission from   The Pain Practitioner 2005 (Winter); 15 (4):35-42.)
  • Ponte CD and Tribino- Johnson J. Attitudes and Knowledge About Pain: An Assessment of West  Virginia Family Physicians. Family Medicine 2005; 37(7):477- 480.
  • Ponte CD. Chapter 11. Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Infections in Handbook of      Nonprescription Drugs - 14th Ed. - Berardi RR et al. eds. (American Pharmacists      Association) - 2004, pgs. 225-236.
  • Ponte CD. ASHP’s PharmPrep Case-Based Board Review – 2nd Ed. Ann Pharmacother  2004; 38:1092-93. (Book Review)