{"id":7723,"date":"2025-05-13T12:55:45","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T16:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ent\/?post_type=directory&#038;p=7723"},"modified":"2025-09-24T17:15:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T21:15:09","slug":"priya-arya","status":"publish","type":"directory","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ent\/directory\/priya-arya\/","title":{"rendered":"Priya Arya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span class=\"xnormaltextrun\">PGY1, Class of 2030<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Pronouns: <\/strong>she\/her\/hers<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Hometown:<\/strong> Atlanta, GA<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Undergraduate Degree: <\/strong>2019 \u2013 Biomedical Engineering \u2013 Georgia Institute of Technology \u2013 Atlanta, GA.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>MD:<\/strong> 2025\u00a0\u2013 Mercer University School of Medicine \u2013 Savannah, GA<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Hobbies: <\/strong> Tennis, hiking and being outdoors, pottery, traveling, board games, exploring restaurants, and finding new things to try at local farmers\u2019 markets.<\/p>\n<h2>Why Otolaryngology?<\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The breadth of head and neck surgery is truly incredible and made even better by the opportunity to improve a patient\u2019s quality of life. 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