Dr. Dominick P. Trombetta

Associate Professor

Pharmacy Practice

Biography

brings nearly two decades of clinical experience to the classroom. Before arriving at Wilkes, he spent 17 years at Wilkes-Barre’s Mercy Hospital in a variety of capacities, including pharmacist, clinical coordinator and most recently director of pharmacy.

cover disease topics like arthritis, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, insomnia and pain management. But aside from teaching about medications and treatments, Dr. Trombetta believes the field of pharmacy is more than that.

“It’s rewarding to teach students that there is a practice beyond dispensing managing medication, and how other medical professionals appreciate our input,” he said. “It’s always challenging. Teaching students encourages me to keep up with the latest in geriatric disease, and to better optimize medication use.”

Dr. Trombetta was also the coordinator of a geriatrics residency program, held at Wilkes in July 2005 where students will provide pharmacy care to geriatric patients.

“This was intensive training in internal medicine in an impatient environment,” he said of the hands-on learning experience.

Dr. Trombetta is active in extracurricular activities as well, as faculty advisor to the Alpha Chi honor society and co-advisor to the student chapter of the American Society of Health Systems Pharmacy Association. Outside the classroom, he enjoys bike riding, weight training and many outdoor activities.

Dr. Trombetta earned his B.S in pharmacy from Temple University and his Pharm D. from Shenandoah University in West Virgnia.

a PharmD from Shenandoah University. His area of expertise is geriatric medicine.

He maintains a clinical practice at Allied Services Rehabilitation Hospital in Scranton, PA. He worked as a staff pharmacist, clinical coordinator, and director of pharmacy at Mercy Hospital, Wilkes-Barre, PA.

Dr. Trombetta is a member of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, American College of Clinical Pharmacists, American Society of Consultant Pharmacists, and the Pennsylvania Society of Health-System Pharmacists.

He has been awarded fellowship designation from the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists and is a certified geriatric pharmacist (CGP).

pharmacotherapy specialist (BCPS). He has also served as manuscript reviewer for US Pharmacist, Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs, and the American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy.

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, Pharmacy Times, and coauthor of a manuscript accepted for publication in Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety.

Dr. Trombetta recently initiated a post-graduate pharmacy residency program in geriatrics.

“The elite interaction with students. Given our small class sizes, we get to know students and work more closely. I love working with a very motivated and dynamic faculty. We have a true team environment in which we all work really well together. Our end product is an innovative approach to pharmacy education.”

“In pharmacy, I find the students to be very bright and motivated and take advantage of the different types of educational experiences we offer. For example, in their sixth year, the students travel on rotations- early in the morning, work all day, and then go home to more work. It’s rewarding to see how they take advantage of the opportunity to learn and enjoy the experience.”