Dr. Jon Ference

Dr. Ference earned his Pharm.D. from Wilkes in 2003. He returned to the University in 2008 to teach in the Nesbitt School of Pharmacy, being recognized with the University’s highest teaching honor in 2014. He joined the Provost’s office in 2017 as Associate Provost for Student Success.

In 2023, he became the Dean of the Nesbitt School of Pharmacy.

Education and Training

• University of Oklahoma Faculty Leadership Fellowship Program Fellow, 2006 – 2007
• Family Medicine Specialty Pharmacy Resident, 2003-2004
• UPMC St. Margaret and University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy Family Medicine Faculty Development Fellowship Program, 2003-2004
• UPMC St. Margaret Family Medicine Residency Program
• Doctorate of Pharmacy, Magna Cum Laude, Nesbitt School of Pharmacy at Wilkes University, 2003

Certificates and Certifications

• Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist - 306008227
• Pennsylvania Registered Pharmacist - RP433804
• Pennsylvania Certified Pharmacist Immunizer  

Selected Teaching

• PHA 542 – Advanced Information Mastery Elective
• PHA 526 – Pharmacotherapeutics X: Endocrine Disorders and Bullet 3
• PHA 523 – Pharmacotherapeutics VII: Cardiovascular disorders
• PHA 301 – Pharmaceutical Care Lab I
• PHA 401 – Pharmaceutical Care lab II
• PHA 402 – Pharmaceutical Care Lab III
• PHA 501 – Pharmaceutical Care Lab IV
• PHA 502 – Pharmaceutical Care Lab V

Selected Scholarship

• Ference J.D. (2018). Working Smarter, Not Harder: Using Evidence-Based Medicine in Practice. New York State Council of Health-System Pharmacists/American College of Clinical Pharmacy (webinar).
• Ference J.D., Zarfoss E. (2018). Pharmaceutical Poetry 2018: Recent Updates in Clinical Research for the Practicing Pharmacist. 2018 Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association Mid-Year Meeting , Lancaster, PA.
• Ference J.D. LeBeau J. (2017)Pharmaceutical Poetry 2017: Recent Updates in Clinical Research for the Practicing Pharmacist. 2017 Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association Mid-Year Meeting. Lancaster, PA.
• Ference J.D. (2016) Information Mastery: Working Smarter, Not Harder to be an Evidence-Based Practitioner and Teacher.  Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine and School of Pharmacy – Educational Grand Rounds. Erie, PA.
• Ference J.D. (2016) Separating the Wheat from the Chaff – Evaluating Medical Information on the Internet. Geisinger 7^th Annual Current Concepts in Medication Safety Conference. Wilkes-Barre, PA.
• Ference J.D., Olshemski S, Zack L. (2016) Pharmaceutical Poetry 2016: Recent Updates in Clinical Research for the practicing Pharmacist. Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association Mid-Year Meeting. Harrisburg, PA.
• Ference, J.D., E. Cook, et al. (2015). The effect of framing relative and absolute risk upon clinical decision making in pharmacy students. 2015 Nesbitt School of Pharmacy Annual Student Research Poster Day. Wilkes-Barre, PA.
• Ference, J.D., K. A. Ference, et al. (2014). Pharmaceutical poetry 2014: everyday evidence: working smarter, not harder, to be an evidence-based pharmacist-workshop. Wilkes University Department of Pharmacy Practice & Office of Experiential Learning Preceptor Conference. Wilkes-Barre, PA.
• Ference, J.D. and R. Miller (2015). Pharmaceutical poetry 2015: recent updates in clinical research for the practicing pharmacist. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association 2015 Mid-Year Meeting. PA.
• Ference, J.D. and M. R. (2015). Pharmaceutical poetry 2015: recent updates in clinical research for the practicing pharmacist. Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association 2015 Mid-Year Meeting. Harrisburg, PA.
• Ference, J.D., C. Raguckas, et al. (2014). Evaluating the usefulness of ATP IV and JNC-8 clinical practice guidelines. Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association 2014 Annual Meeting. Mars, PA.
• Last, A. R. and J.D. Ference (2014). Constipation. Family Medicine-Ambulatory Care and Prevention. M. A. Smith, Shimp, L.A., Schrager S. New York, McGraw-Hill: 83-91.
• Allan GM, Ference J.D., ASA after warfarin for unprovoked VTD: does the little clot fighter make sense? Alberta College of Family Physicians Tools for Practice 2013-08-19: No. 93.
• Ference KA, Ference J.D., Chapter 16: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary and Asthma. In: Reinhold JA, Earl GL. Clinical Therapeutics Primer: Link to the Evidence for the Ambulatory Care Pharmacist. 1st edition. Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning; 2013Bullet 3
• Olenak JL., Ference J.D., Chapter 46: Connective Tissue Disorders. In: Koda-Kimble, et al. Applied Therapeutics. 10th edition. Phildelphia,PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2013: 1054-1065.
• Last AR, Ference J.D., Falleroni J. Pharmacologic treatment of hyperlipidemia. Am Fam Physician. 2011 Sep 1;84(5):551-558.
• Gross G, Ference J.D., Pharmaceutical representative rounds: Teaching resident physician-pharmaceutical representative interactions. Osteopathic Family Physician 2011;3:123-26.
• Ference J.D., STEPS approach allows patients to participate in decision-making [Letter]. Am Fam Physician 2011;83(1):8
• Ference J.D., Donnelly A. Hyperlipidemia. In: Ebell MH, Ferenchick G, Smith M, Barry H, Slawson D, Shaughnessy A, Forsch R, Li S, Wilkes M, Usatine R, eds. Essential Evidence. John Wiley & Sons: Hoboken, NJ, 2009..
• Ference J.D., Digoxin Toxicity. In: Ebell MH, Ferenchick G, Smith M, Barry H, Slawson D, Shaughnessy A, Forsch R, Li S, Wilkes M, Usatine R, eds. Essential Evidence. John Wiley & Sons: Hoboken, NJ, 2009.
• Crosby K, Ference J.D., Coronary artery disease. In:. Goode J, Roman LM, Weitzel KW, eds. Community Pharmacy Practice Case Studies. 1 st ed. Washington, DC:American Pharmacists Association;2009:24:1-3.
• Ference J.D., Last AR. Choosing topical corticosteroids. Am Fam Physician 2009;79:135-140.
• Ference J.D., Medina MS. Modifying a traditional course for the PharmD curriculum [Letter]. Am J Pharm Educ 2008;72(5): Article 122
• Last AR, Ference J.D., Constipation. In: Mengel MB, Schweibert LP, editors. Ambulatory medicine: The primary care of families 5th Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill; 2009:71-6.
• Ference J.D., Strategies for keeping up with the literature: A walk in the fields. Pharmacy Today April 2008;42-43.

Selected Service

• Wilkes University MSCHE Standard VII Working Group Chair: 2017 – present
• Wilkes University MSCHE Steering Committee Member: 2017 – present
• Wilkes University President’s Cabinet Member: 2017 – present
• Faculty Representative to the NCAA and Wilkes University Alumni Association
• Wilkes University Institutional Review Board, Chair: 2012 – 2014
• Wilkes University Faculty Affairs Council, Chair: 2014 – 2017
• Wilkes University Faculty Affairs Council: 2011 – 2017
• Wilkes-Barre General Hospital Institutional Review Board: 2010 – 2013
• Wilkes University School of Pharmacy Curriculum Committee, Chair: 2009 – 2010

Selected Honors and Awards

• 2016 Wilkes University, Colonel Blazer Recipient
• 2016 Wilkes University, Student Government Faculty Choice Award
• 2016 Wilkes University, Nesbitt School of Pharmacy P-3 Class Teacher of the Year Award
• 2015 Wilkes University, Nesbitt School of Pharmacy Outstanding Advisor Award
• 2014 Wilkes University, Nesbitt School of Pharmacy, Carpenter Award
• 2014 Wilkes University, Nesbitt School of Pharmacy Teacher of the Year Award
• 2014 Wilkes University, Nesbitt School of Pharmacy P-3 Class Teacher of the Year Award
• 2013 Wilkes University, Nesbitt School of Pharmacy P-3 Class Teacher of the Year Award
• 2012 Wilkes University, Nesbitt School of Pharmacy P-3 Class Teacher of the Year Award
• 2011 Wilkes University, Nesbitt School of Pharmacy P-3 Class Teacher of the Year Award
• 2010 Wilkes University, Nesbitt School of Pharmacy Teacher of the Year Award
• 2010 Wilkes University, Nesbitt School of Pharmacy P-3 Class Teacher of the Year Award
• 2009 Wilkes University, Nesbitt School of Pharmacy Teacher of the Year Award
• 2009 Wilkes University, Nesbitt School of Pharmacy P-3 Class Teacher of the Year Award
• 2008 University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy Roche Preceptor of the Year Award