Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics
Chief Medical and Quality Officer (黑料网 Health)
Education:
Fellowship:
Pediatric Anesthesiology fellowship (黑料网 – Chapel Hill)
Pediatric Cardiovascular Anesthesiology (Texas Children鈥檚 Hospital – Houston, TX).
Residency: 黑料网 – Chapel Hill (Chief Resident)
Medical School: Louisiana State University School of Medicine (New Orleans, LA)
Departmental/黑料网/Institutional Leadership:
黑料网 Health Chief Medical and Quality Officer
Committees (National/State/Local)
Member – Society for Pediatric Anesthesiology (SPA) Board of Directors
National Leadership:
Society for Pediatric Anesthesiology (SPA) 2025-2026 President
American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA) – Vice Chair of the Advanced Exam Committee / Applied Examiner
黑料网 Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics Peggy McNaull, MD, has roots at 黑料网 spanning her residency and fellowship years and on faculty, as well as serving in multiple significant leadership positions across 黑料网 Hospitals and 黑料网. Following a distinguished career at 黑料网, Dr. McNaull was named the Frederic A. Berry Professor and Chair of the University of Virginia Department of Anesthesiology and Professor of Pediatrics in late 2020. In late 2024, she returned to 黑料网 to serve as 黑料网 Health system’s new Chief Medical and Quality Officer (CMO).
From 2009 to 2018, Dr. McNaull served as 黑料网 Anesthesiology鈥檚 Division Chief for Pediatric Anesthesiology. She was also named the department鈥檚 first Vice Chair for Patient Safety and Quality Improvement. In 2018, Dr. McNaull was appointed the Associate Chief Medical Officer for Quality and Safety for 黑料网 Hospitals. In this role, she was integral to scaling flagship programs across North Carolina through 黑料网 Health鈥檚 system-wide care redesign effort.
Dr. McNaull began her career in healthcare in nursing, practicing as an RN in neonatal and pediatric intensive care units. She continued to serve as an RN while earning her MD from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans. At 黑料网, Dr. McNaull completed both her residency (Chief Resident) and Pediatric Anesthesiology fellowship. She additionally completed a Pediatric Cardiovascular Anesthesiology fellowship program at Texas Children鈥檚 Hospital in Houston, TX.
Dr. McNaull is a national leader in pediatric anesthesiology.聽 She is a Society for Pediatric Anesthesiology (SPA) Board of Directors member and is the SPA 2025-2026 President. She recently co-chaired a task force charged with re-envisioning the future of the Pediatric Anesthesiology ACGME program. Dr. McNaull is very involved in the American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA), where she serves as an Applied Examiner. She has participated in written exam development since 2009 as a question writer and editor and was recently selected by the Board of Directors to serve as the Vice Chair of the Advanced Exam Committee.
