Dr. Letitia Warunek

Letitia N. Warunek is an alumna of the Wilkes University Nesbitt School of Pharmacy. She joined the Wilkes in 2019 as an Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice with a clinical practice site at Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre Medical Center in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. She completed a PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency at the Hershel Woody Williams VA Medical Center in Huntington, WV and a PGY-2 in Internal Medicine at Kaleida Health, Buffalo General Medical Center in Buffalo, NY.

• Doctor of Pharmacy, Wilkes University Nesbitt School of Pharmacy, 2017
• PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency at the Hershel Woody Williams VA Medical Center
• PGY-2 Internal Medicine Pharmacy Residency at Kaleida Health, Buffalo General Medical Center
• Board Certification in Pharmacotherapy (BCPS)
• Teaching Certificate, Marshall University School of Pharmacy, 2018
• Advanced Teaching Certificate, University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy, 2019

• Internal Medicine Introductory & Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences
• PHA 423: Principles of Pharmacotherapeutics II
• PHA 428: Infectious Diseases Pharmacotherapeutics
• PHA 525: Renal Pharmacotherapeutics
• PHA 501: Care Lab - Acute Care

• Warunek LN, Smith SM. Which patient factors increase the risk of fluoroquinolone-associated reactions? JAAPA. 2023 Feb 1;36(2):15-16. doi: 10.1097/01.JAA.0000911168.79935.d1
• Warunek LN, Cieri-Hutcherson NE, Kersten BP, Hassan AK. Interventional, Quasi-Experimental Study of a Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Education Care Plan for Hospital Discharge. Pharmacy (Basel). 2021;9(4):202. Published 2021 Dec 16. doi:10.3390/pharmacy9040202
• Assessing Cross-Pharmacy Discipline Collaboration Related to Transitions of Care. Warunek L, Bartko L, Blair J, Gruver B. Poster Presentation at the American Pharmacists Association Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX. March 19, 2022.
• Inpatient Management of Bacterial and Respiratory Tract Infections. Warunek L, Little J. Invited guest lecturer for the King’s College Physician Assistant Program. November 5, 2021.
• More Tools in our Toolbox: A Review of New Antibiotics. Warunek L, Gerenza K. ACPE-accredited continuing education presentation. Presented at the Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association Annual Meeting, Harrisburg, PA. Sept 26, 2021.
• Updates in the Prevention and Management of HIV. Warunek L, Casciole M. ACPE-accredited continuing education presentation. Presented virtually for the Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association. July 28, 2021.
• LIVE LambTaLKS Convention Podcast Episode. Dickson J, Kheboian S, Warunek L. Live 1 hour recording of a LambTaLKS Podcast Episode at the Lambda Kappa Sigma Virtual Annual Convention. July 17, 2021.
• Get Ahead of the Curve: Updates in Sickle Cell Disease. Warunek L. ACPE-accredited continuing education presentation. Presented at the Lambda Kappa Sigma Virtual Annual Convention. July 15, 2021.
• A One-Dose Wonder for Influenza Post-Exposure Prophylaxis. Warunek L. ACPE-accredited continuing education presentation. Journal Club Webinar Presentation on behalf of CEImpact. April 14, 2021.
• Best of Both Worlds: Virtual Opportunities for a Hospital/Health System APPE Rotation. Warunek L. Microsession presentation at the 2021 Inclusion American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Virtual Interim Meeting. March 3, 2021.
• Lights, Camera, Action! Precepting Strategies for Success. Warunek L, Krahe-Dombrowski S, Pheasant L. ACPE-accredited continuing education presentation. Presented at the Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association Virtual Midyear Meeting, Harrisburg, PA. February 25, 2021.
• Bugs and Drugs Review: Antibiotic Clinical Pearls and Common Infections. Warunek L. Invited guest lecturer for the King’s College Physician Assistant Program. November 6, 2020.
• Stopping The Replication: Strategies To Combat Respiratory Viral Infections. Warunek L. ACPE-accredited continuing education presentation. Presented at the Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association Virtual Annual Meeting, Harrisburg, PA. October 14, 2020.

• Member, Lambda Kappa Sigma Pharmaceutical Fraternity
• Member, Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association
• Member, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
• Member, American College of Clinical Pharmacy
• Member, Rho Chi Honor Society
• Member, Phi Lambda Sigma
• Wilkes University Dean’s Outstanding Student Award, 2017