{"id":3478,"date":"2017-06-21T22:03:10","date_gmt":"2017-06-22T02:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/emergmed\/directory\/benjamin-smith-md\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T15:00:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T19:00:08","slug":"benjamin-smith","status":"publish","type":"directory","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/emergmed\/directory\/benjamin-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Benjamin Smith, MD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- title_affiliation --><\/p>\n<p>Associate Professor<br \/>\nTraining<\/p>\n<div>\n<h2>Medical School<\/h2>\n<p>University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<br \/>\nSchool of Medicine<br \/>\nChapel Hill, NC<\/p>\n<h3>Residency<\/h3>\n<p>University of Nevada<br \/>\nUniversity Medical Center of Southern Nevada<br \/>\nEmergency Medicine<br \/>\nLas Vegas, NV<\/p>\n<div id=\"parent-fieldname-text-4020dc12a59d46acafe47b66c40cd83f\">\n<h2>Research Interests<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"parent-fieldname-text-4020dc12a59d46acafe47b66c40cd83f\">\n<h3>Professional Societies and Membership<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM)<\/li>\n<li>American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)<\/li>\n<li>Emergency Medicine Resident Association (EMRA)<\/li>\n<li>Wilderness Medical Society (WMS)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"parent-fieldname-text-4020dc12a59d46acafe47b66c40cd83f\">\n<h3>Special Honors and Awards<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Save of the Month, University of Nevada School of Medicine (2015)<\/li>\n<li>Higgins and Langley Memorial Award, National Association for Search and Rescue (2013)<\/li>\n<li>Medal of Valor, Town of Apex, NC (2012)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Associate Professor Training Medical School University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine Chapel Hill, NC Residency University of Nevada University Medical Center of Southern Nevada Emergency Medicine Las Vegas, NV Research Interests Professional Societies and Membership American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Emergency Medicine Resident Association &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/emergmed\/directory\/benjamin-smith\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Benjamin Smith, MD\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12313,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-3478","directory","type-directory","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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