{"id":12180,"date":"2025-09-30T16:51:32","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T20:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/emergmed\/?p=12180"},"modified":"2025-09-30T16:59:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T20:59:00","slug":"dr-dan-park-to-serve-as-associate-chief-medical-officer-for-pediatrics-at-unc-childrens-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/emergmed\/dr-dan-park-to-serve-as-associate-chief-medical-officer-for-pediatrics-at-unc-childrens-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Dan Park to Serve as Associate Chief Medical Officer for Pediatrics at UNC Children&#8217;s Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Park is a Pediatric Emergency Medicine faculty member and works closely with the UNC Department of Emergency Medicine.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-12215\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/emergmed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/649\/2025\/09\/FIMG_EMERG_Park_Dan_b-295x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"184\" 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