{"id":21032,"date":"2025-02-20T10:04:12","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T15:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/?p=21032"},"modified":"2025-03-03T14:00:13","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T19:00:13","slug":"february-19th-25th-is-caa-week-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/february-19th-25th-is-caa-week-2\/","title":{"rendered":"February 17th-21st is National Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants (CAA) Week!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/february-19th-25th-is-caa-week\/img_4333\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-19124\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-19124\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/470\/2024\/02\/IMG_4333.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"239\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"ltr\">February 17th &#8211; 21st is National CAA Week! 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