{"id":7101,"date":"2023-06-22T11:56:49","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T15:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ent\/?post_type=directory&#038;p=7101"},"modified":"2025-10-01T15:52:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T19:52:15","slug":"zachary-elliott-md","status":"publish","type":"directory","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ent\/directory\/zachary-elliott-md\/","title":{"rendered":"Zachary Elliott, MD"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span class=\"contentpasted0\">PGY3<\/span><span class=\"contentpasted0\">\u00a0\u2014 Class of 2028<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"elementtoproof\"><span class=\"contentpasted0\"><b>Pronouns: <\/b><\/span><span class=\"contentpasted0\">He\/Him<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"elementtoproof\"><span class=\"contentpasted0\"><b>Hometown:<\/b><\/span><span class=\"contentpasted0\"> Greenville, NC<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"elementtoproof\"><span class=\"contentpasted0\"><b>Undergraduate Degree:<\/b><\/span><span class=\"contentpasted0\"> Public Health\/Neuroscience, 2018 \u2013\u00a0East Carolina University<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"elementtoproof\"><span class=\"contentpasted0\"><b>MD:\u00a0<\/b><\/span><span class=\"contentpasted0\">\u00a02023 \u2013 School: Brody School of Medicine<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"elementtoproof\"><span class=\"contentpasted0\"><b>Hobbies: <\/b><\/span><span class=\"contentpasted0\">Guitar, fly fishing, running, and weight lifting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2 class=\"elementtoproof\"><span class=\"contentpasted0\">Why Otolaryngology?<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"elementtoproof\"><span class=\"contentpasted0\">I became enthralled with Otolaryngology after my mom had a stroke and required several facial reanimation surgeries. So much of what makes us human involves the head and neck. Subsequently, I love this field as our treatments can restore health back to this special region.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"elementtoproof\"><span class=\"contentpasted0\"><b>Fun Fact:<\/b><\/span><span class=\"contentpasted0\"> I once ate 83 chick fila nuggets in one sitting.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PGY3\u00a0\u2014 Class of 2028 Pronouns: He\/Him Hometown: Greenville, NC Undergraduate Degree: Public Health\/Neuroscience, 2018 \u2013\u00a0East Carolina University MD:\u00a0\u00a02023 \u2013 School: Brody School of Medicine Hobbies: Guitar, fly fishing, running, and weight lifting. &nbsp; Why Otolaryngology? I became enthralled with Otolaryngology after my mom had a stroke and required several facial reanimation surgeries. So much of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ent\/directory\/zachary-elliott-md\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Zachary Elliott, MD\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":7102,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-7101","directory","type-directory","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Zachary Elliott, MD | UNC Otolaryngology\/Head and Neck Surgery<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ent\/directory\/zachary-elliott-md\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Zachary Elliott, MD | UNC Otolaryngology\/Head and Neck Surgery\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"PGY3\u00a0\u2014 Class of 2028 Pronouns: He\/Him Hometown: Greenville, NC Undergraduate Degree: Public Health\/Neuroscience, 2018 \u2013\u00a0East Carolina University MD:\u00a0\u00a02023 \u2013 School: Brody School of Medicine Hobbies: Guitar, fly fishing, running, and weight lifting. &nbsp; Why Otolaryngology? 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