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Phone: 330.325.6226
Email: [email protected]
Room: E-30
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Academic Titles

Professor, Pharmacy Practice
Graduate Faculty, College of Graduate Studies

Administrative Title

• Chair, Pharmacy Practice

Bio

Mate Michael Soric, Pharm.D., BCPS, obtained his Bachelor of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences and Doctor of Pharmacy degrees from the University of Toledo. He completed a PGY1 Pharmacy Residency at the Toledo Hospital Family Medicine Residency before joining Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) and University Hospitals Geauga Medical Center. He founded the PGY1 and PGY2 Internal Medicine residency programs at Geauga Medical Center. Mate has published more than 70 peer-reviewed manuscripts, articles, book chapters, and texts, including The Effective Pharmacy Preceptor. He was the recipient of the NEOMED Junior Faculty Excellence Award, the Ohio Society of Health-System Pharmacists Pharmacist of the Year Award, and the ACCP New Clinical Practitioner Award. His work on the impact of a layered learning model was the recipient of an ASHP Best Practices Award.

Area of Expertise/Research Interests

• Internal Medicine
• Evidence Based Medicine
• Residency Training

Education

• ASHP Accredited PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Toledo Hospital Family Medicine Residency, Toledo, OH, 2010
• Doctor of Pharmacy, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, 2009
• Bachelor of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Minor in Chemistry, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, 2007

Academic & Professional Activities

• Editorial Board, Journal of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy
• Past President, Ohio College of Clinical Pharmacy
• AACP Volwiler Research Achievement Award Committee
• ASHP Development of the Educational Workforce Section Advisory Group
• Member, OSHP Professional Affairs Division

Awards

• Olson/Blair Award for Administrative Excellence 2026
• JACCP Editor’s Choice Award 2020
• ACCP New Clinical Practitioner Award 2016
• ASHP Best Practices Award 2015
• OSHP Health-System Pharmacist of the Year 2014

Distinctions

• Fellow, American College of Clinical Pharmacy
• Fellow, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
• Rho Chi Delta Phi Chapter Honorary Faculty Inductee
• Commencement Hooder, Classes of 2017, 2019, 2021, 2026
• Most Influential Professor Award, Class of 2019

Presentations

• Soric MM. “Clinical Trial Designs.” American College of Clinical Pharmacy Fundamentals of Biostatistics and Clinical Trial Design Workshop, Webinar, April 2023-2025.
• Soric MM. “Study designs: Design and application.” American College of Clinical Pharmacy Updates in Therapeutics: Pediatric Pharmacy Preparatory Review and Recertification Course Webinar, October 2023.
• Kaun M, Seegert M, Bright D, Soric MM. “Is Tenure Included in the Contemporary Prescription for Pharmacy Practice Faculty?” American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Annual Meeting, Aurora, CO, July 2023.
• Soric MM. “Utilizing Your Learner More Effectively in a Layered Learning Model.” American College of Clinical Pharmacy Annual Meeting, New York, NY, October 2019.
• Bloom R, Bruggeman JR, Soric MM.  “Professional and academic book publishing: Putting your ideas into practice 2016.” American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Midyear Clinical Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, December 2016.

Publications

• Richter L, Chu A, Griebe K, Ku P, Soric MM. Navigating the Decline: Strategies for Preceptors to Enhance North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination Pass Rates. Am J Health Syst Pharm 2026; 83(16):894-900.
• Vergara M, Soric MM, King O, Bullock R, Skory B, Bole K, Englehart A, Mara N, Moqbl A, Patel M, Dimit A. Prescribing Patterns of Gabapentinoids in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder. COPD 2026; 23(1): 2596683.
• Evoy KE, Balli M, Carris NW, Castelli G, Isch JL, Meredith AH, Mohammad I, Philbrick A, Prasad-Reddy L, Riccio KKC, Schumacher C, Soric MM, eds. ACCP Ambulatory Care Pharmacist’s Survival Guide. 5^th ed. Lenexa: American College of Clinical Pharmacy, 2024.
• Soric MM, Schneider SR, Wisneski SS, eds. The Effective Pharmacy Preceptor. 1st ed. Bethesda: American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, 2017.
• Soric MM, ed. Maximize Your Rotations: ASHP’s Student Guide to IPPEs, APPEs, and Beyond. 1st ed. Bethesda: American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, 2013.