Leadership

Martin McCaffrey, MD, is a professor of pediatrics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine. Prior to his UNC appointment, Dr. McCaffrey served as a Naval Medical Corps officer, leading the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Perinatal Advisory Board, which oversaw quality improvement in 23 Naval hospitals worldwide. Since joining UNC, he has served as director of the Perinatal Quality Collaborative of North Carolina (PQCNC) since 2006, leading or co-leading (for maternal projects) the development and execution of all 18 perinatal quality improvement initiatives across the state.

Dr. McCaffrey has a strong interest in the care of parents, infants, and children with challenging prenatal diagnoses. He has published on this topic and has provided medical support to hundreds of families over the last two decades as they seek alternatives to carry pregnancies with difficult prenatal diagnoses to term and beyond. He serves as an advisor to Support Organization for Trisomy (SOFT), the International Trisomy Alliance, and Be Not Afraid. Dr. McCaffrey is also a member of the Neonatal Research Network (NRN) investigative team leading an NIH Trisomy 13/18 Study Group, a proposed prospective longitudinal study investigating the natural history of newborns with trisomy 13 and 18, the variables that affect outcomes, and parent perspectives.