{"id":11549,"date":"2025-11-21T17:02:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T22:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/?post_type=directory&#038;p=11549"},"modified":"2025-11-21T17:03:02","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T22:03:02","slug":"peggy-mcnaull-md-2","status":"publish","type":"directory","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/directory\/peggy-mcnaull-md-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Peggy McNaull, MD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Dr. Peggy McNaull<\/strong> is UNC Health\u2019s Chief Medical and Quality Officer. She works closely with the CMOs at each entity, chairs the system Quality Improvement Oversight Committee that governs UNC Health\u2019s quality and safety programs, and provides oversight to the Hospital Quality and Innovation, Care Redesign, Physician Advisor, and Central Credentialing teams. 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