Registered Pharmacist
Apple Teacher
Ph.D., M.S., University of Mississippi, Oxford
B.S.Pharm., University of Maryland, Baltimore
Dr. McCaffrey received his B.S. in Pharmacy from the University of Maryland, Baltimore and, after a brief career as a community pharmacist, continued his pharmacy-related studies at The University of Mississippi, completing both a M.S. and Ph.D. in pharmacy administration (pharmaceutical marketing and management). Dr. McCaffrey was a faculty member in the Department of Pharmacy of Administration at The University of Mississippi from 1996 through 2013. In January of 2014, Dr. McCaffrey joined the Wegmans School of Pharmacy as assistant dean for student affairs and professor of pharmacy practice and administration. In August 2024, Dr. McCaffrey returned exclusively to the faculty ranks.
In addition to his traditional faculty responsibilities, Dr. McCaffrey is the pre-pharmacy advisor at the University and is responsible for the B.S. in Pharmaceutical Studies program. Additionally, Dr. McCaffrey supports the Honors Program at Fisher as the pharmacy liaison to and member of the Honors Program Advisory Committee. Dr. McCaffrey has a wide range of research interests. Among those are: factors predicting academic success in student pharmacists, medication consumption patterns and the creation of realistic pharmacist-centered interventions to medication adherence, service failure, complaint and recovery in distributive pharmacy practice, and the role of pharmacists in Pharmacy and Therapeutic Committees.