Melissa Somma McGivney, Pharm.D.

Associate Dean for Student Success and Professional Initiatives , Professor

University of Pittsburgh

Melissa Somma McGivney, Pharm.D., FCCP, FAPhA, is committed to advancing pharmacist provided patient care and inspiring the next generation of student pharmacist leaders. As Associate Dean for Community Partnerships and Professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy, she has fostered novel partnerships between academia, community
pharmacies (independent and chain), state and local health departments, professional
associations and health payers supporting the development and payment for pharmacist
provided patient care. She is skilled at bringing people together to collaboratively solve
problems, build programs and advocate for the betterment of our profession and patient care.

McGivney is a founding and board member of the Pennsylvania Pharmacists Care
Network/CPESN, with 200 community pharmacies. She directs the Academia-CPESN Transformation (ACT) Pharmacy Collaborative of faculty from 100 colleges/schools of pharmacy and formerly served as a PGY1 Community-based Residency Director for 15 years. She collaboratively developed patient care practices in family medicine, chain, and independent pharmacies and most recently, the University's mass vaccination services.

She has been elected to the APhA Board of Trustees beginning in 2024. At Pitt, she serves as
APhA-Academy of Student Pharmacists faculty advisor while an active member of the
Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association (PPA), American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
(AACP) and American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP). She is a frequent speaker and
contributor to association programs.

She received her Pharm.D. degree from the University of Pittsburgh and completed an
Ambulatory Care Residency at UPMC Presbyterian/University of Pittsburgh. She joined the
PittPharmacy faculty in 2003 after faculty appointments at Wilkes University Nesbitt School of
Pharmacy and UPMC St. Margaret Family Medicine Residency Program.

 

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