Charles D. Ponte, PharmD, BC-ADM, BCPS, CDE, FAPhA, FASHP, FCCP Professor of Clinical Pharmacy and Family Medicine West Virginia University School of Pharmacy 1124 Health Sciences North PO Box 9520 Morgantown, WV 26506-9520 Phone: 304-293-1460 Fax: 304-293-7672 E-Mail: cdponte@hsc.wvu.edu

Education:

BSc (Pharmacy) - University of Connecticut, 1975; ASHP Residency n Hospital Pharmacy, Yale-New Haven Hospital, 1975-1976; Doctor of Pharmacy - University of Utah, 1980. Licensed pharmacist in Connecticut, Utah and West Virginia

Current Position:

Professor of Clinical Pharmacy and Family Medicine, Schools of Pharmacy and Medicine, The Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, West Virginia University; Former Director - Post-Baccalaureate and Track-In Doctor of Pharmacy Programs

Professional Achievements:

Dr. Ponte’s career has focused on pharmacy education, the training of medical students and residents in Family Medicine and the provision of pharmaceutical care. At WVU, he has received three outstanding teacher awards from the School of Pharmacy and has been twice honored for excellence in resident teaching in the Department of Family Medicine and has received the inaugural Department of Family Medicine Outstanding Faculty Scholar Award for 2002-2003. He has also been recognized as a seven-time finalist for the excellence in student teaching award in the Department of Family Medicine. Dr. Ponte is board certified in diabetes education, pharmacotherapy and advanced diabetes management and is a diplomate of the American Academy of Pain Management. His practice interests include the management of diabetes mellitus and its complications, pain management and women’s health issues. He has authored numerous articles in a wide variety of professional journals and is an active lecturer. He currently serves on the editorial advisory boards of the Annals of Pharmacotherapy (chairman – family medicine editorial panel), the APHA DrugInfo Line (section advisor – diabetes care) and Practical Pain Management (section advisor Pharmacotherapy). He is also a member of the USP Expert Committee on Endocrinology. He completed a three- year term as a member of the editorial advisory boards of the Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association and the American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. He is a former two-term member of the USP Advisory Panel for Family Practice and was an elected member of the Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties Specialty Council on Nutrition Support Pharmacy Practice. He also served as a member of the Steering Committee of the National Diabetes Education Program, a member of the National Certification Board for Diabetes Educators (NCBDE), as a board member and past president of the West Virginia Affiliate of the American Diabetes Association and recently completed a terms as a member of the Examination Review Committee and Item Bank Audit Task Force of the NCBDE. He also briefly served as a member of the Content Expert Panel of the American Nurses Credentialing Center, which administers the advanced diabetes management examination. He is currently the president-elect of the WV Association of Diabetes Educators. He is s fellow of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, the American College of Clinical Pharmacy and the American Pharmaceutical Association. Dr. Ponte is a member of many professional and honorary organizations (including service as WVU chapter president for Sigma Xi and Phi Kappa Phi) and has received many professional awards and honors including the 2003 APhA/APPM Distinguished Achievement Award in Clinical/Pharmacotherapeutic Practice, the 2005 University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy Distinguished Alumnus Award (Academia Category) and the 2006 Distinguished Service Award from the National Certification Board for Diabetes Educators.

TEACHING INTERESTS AND COURSES TAUGHT

Teaching interests:  

My teaching interests lie in the traditional classroom (didactic) and clinical (patient care) settings. I serve as a Family Medicine clinical preceptor for PharmD students and participate as coordinator and lecturer in a variety of didactic offerings of the School of Pharmacy. Specific topics include the medical management of diabetes mellitus and its complications, pain management and selected topics in women’s health and geriatric pharmacotherapy. I also provide monthly didactic presentations in the Department of Family Medicine to residents, medical students and faculty. Importantly, in all my teaching endeavors, I try to provide an atmosphere conducive to learning which incorporates traditional and novel interactive methodologies.

Courses taught:  

Doctor of Pharmacy

PharmD Clerkship Preceptor (Family Medicine) - Pharmacy 332
Module Coordinator - Endocrinology - Pharmacy 730 (Pathophysiology and Therapeutics II)
Invited Lecturer - Pharmacy 732 - Nonprescription Drugs
Invited Lecturer - Pharmacy 723 & 735 - Pharmaceutical Care Labs 3 & 5

Family Medicine

Third Year Medical Student Curriculum - didactic and clinical teaching
Residency Training Program - didactic and clinical teaching; preceptor (Clinical Pharmacy Clerkship)
MDTV - Outreach Presentations
Preceptor – Rural Scholars Program for MS IV students

PRACTICE INTERESTS

My clinical activities center on the provision of focused pharmaceutical care services to Family Medicine patients primarily in the in-patient setting. Examples of these services include patient interviews to evaluate drug taking behaviors, diabetes self-care assessment, therapeutic patient monitoring, pharmacokinetic consultations and drug therapy management. Solicited consultations are also provided for ambulatory patients seen in the Clark K. Sleeth Family Practice Center.  

RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP INTERESTS

Research activities have included survey assessments of provider attitudes and beliefs related to the prescribing and dispensing of opioids in the management of malignant and nonmalignant chronic pain and provider management of selected gynecologic disorders. Publications in the form of reviews, case reports and editorials have primarily arisen from my clinical/patient care activites in the Department of Family Medicine. I maintain active interests in the areas of diabetes education and management, gynecologic infections, pain management, instructional methodologies and competency, clinical pharmacy education, faculty development and ethics.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Research Articles:

Ponte CD and Johnson-Tribino J. Attitudes and knowledge about pain among West Virginia pharmacists. J Am PharmAssoc 2007; 47:379-382.

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.  

Nau DP and Ponte CD. Effects of a community pharmacist-based diabetes patient-management program on intermediate clinical outcome measures. J Managed Care Pharm 2002; 8:48- 53.

 Ponte CD. Women’s Health Issues and Counseling Behaviors: A Pilot Survey of West Virginia Pharmacists. J Pharm Technol 1997; 13:27-31.   

Review Articles and other Papers:

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. 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.  

Wratchford P and Ponte CD. High-dose simvastatin and rhabdomyolysis. Am J Health-Syst Pharm 2003; 60:698-700.  

Ponte CD. Infectious Vulvovaginitis - Current Trends and Management. J Pharm Technol 2000:16:92-7. Gross KM and Ponte CD. New strategies in the medical management of asthma. American Family physician 1998; 58:89-100.

Book Chapters

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 of Health-System Pharmacists; 2005: 365-378.