Ray received a Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Nebraska College of Pharmacy and completed a general hospital pharmacy residency at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

Ray currently serves as the clinical pharmacy specialist for the Adult Supportive and Palliative Care Consult Service at the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics. Ray’s experience includes Adult Medical Oncology, which served as a foundation to develop a pharmacy pain consult service and the establishment of a palliative care consult service in his previous positions at Hamot Medical Center in Erie, Pennsylvania. Prior to joining the University of Iowa, he served as the Pharmacy Clinical Coordinator for Pain and Palliative Care at the University of Virginia Health System in Charlottesville, Virginia.