James B. Ray, PharmD, CPE
Introduction
Dr. James Ray is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Division of Applied Clinical Sciences in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science at the College of Pharmacy and a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at the Carver College of Medicine.
He holds the James A. Otterbeck OnePoint Patient Care Professorship in Hospice and Palliative Care in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science at the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy. He is the clinical pharmacy specialist for the Inpatient Adult Supportive & Palliative Care Service and a faculty member of the Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship at Iowa Healthcare.
Over the past 10 years, Dr. Ray has fostered the integration of palliative care principles into the Doctor of Pharmacy curriculum at the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy. He and his colleagues formed the SOLACE Palliative Care Collaborative in the COP, created a university-approved Palliative Care Certificate for PharmD students, and developed an ASHP-accredited PGY-2 Palliative Care and Pain Management Pharmacy Residency at the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy.
Dr. Ray is a founding member, has served on the Board of Trustees, and is the past president of the Society of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacists.
Current Positions
- Clinical Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Science
- Clinical Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
- Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Inpatient Supportive and Palliative Care Consult Service
Selected Awards & Honors
- Carver College of Medicine - Ben Pardini Interdisciplinary Teaching Award
- Third Place Impact Award, University of Iowa John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center, Iowa City, Iowa
- Chair - Pharmacotherapy Special Interest Group, American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
- Encore (Gold) Award from Ortho-McNeil Janssen Scientific Affairs for Coordination of IM-SAL Analgesia Training, Ortho-McNeil Janssen Scientific Affairs
- Compassionate Care Award for the Pain Management Process Improvement Initiative, Hospital and Health system Association of Pennsylvania
- Volunteer of the Year - American Cancer Society, Erie Unit, American Cancer Society, Erie Unit
- Hamot Medical Center, Ambassador of the Month, Hamot Medical Center
Professional Memberships
- Society of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacists (SPPCP)
- American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
- American Pharmacists Association
- American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
Research Interests
- Deprescribing
- Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CINP)
- Alternative routes of delivery for vital medications
Selected Publications
- Lowry MF, Lockman K, Herndon C, Atayee RS, Juba KM, Pawasauskas J, Phantumvanit V, Ray JB, Pruskowski J. Development and validation of a performance-based palliative care assessment tool for student pharmacists. Curr Pharm Teach Learn. 2024;16(1);39-48. Doi: 10.1016/j.cptl.2023.12.003. PMID: 38158329
- Glisch, C. & Ray, J. B. (2021). Things We Do for No Reason: Prescribing Tramadol for Inpatient in Pain. Journal of Hospital Medicine Published online October 13, 2021 (PMID: 34730503). PMID: 34730503.
- Herndon, C. M., Ray, J. B. & Kominek, C. M. Pain Management - Chapter 77. In DiPiro, J. T. (Eds.) Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach. (11 Edition) McGraw-Hill Education.
- Ray, J. B. (2019). Chapter 21 - Pharmacopalliation of Pain. In Dunn, G. P. & Mosenthal, A. C. (Eds.) Surgical Palliative Care: Integrating Palliative Care. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, USA.
- McPherson, M. L., Walker, K. A., Davis, M. P., Bruera, E., Reddy, A., Paice, J., Malotte, K., Lockman, K. D., Wellman, C., Salpeter, S., Bemben, N. M., Ray, J. B., Lapointe, B. J. & Chou, R. (2019). Safe and appropriate use of methadone in hospice and palliative care: Expert Consensus White Paper. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 57 (3) 635-45. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2018.12.001.
- Ray JB (2015). Implications of the extended-release/long-acting opioid REMS for managed care/. American Journal of Managed Care 21 S177-S187.
- Ray, J. (2014). General Review of Neurophysiology and Nociception. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and Saint Louis University Center of Excellence in Pain Education.
- (2014). Calling in the Marines: Methadone, Ketamine and Lidocaine. Pain Week Journal 2 (4) 33-39.
- Bennett, D., Burton, A. W., Fishman, S., Fortner, B., McCarberg, B., Miaskowski, C., Nash, D. B., Pappagallo, M., Payne, R., Ray, J., Viscusi, E. R. & Wong, W. (2005). Consensus panel recommendations for the assessment and management of breakthrough pain. Part 1: Assessment. P&T 30 296-301.
- Miaskowski, C., Cleary, J., Burney, R., Coyne, P., Finley, R., Foster, R., Grossman, S., Janjan, N., Ray, J., Syrjala, K., Weisman, S. & Zahrbock, C. (2005). Guideline for the Management of Cancer Pain in Adults and Children. American Pain Society: APS Clinical Practice Guidelines Series, No. 3.