{"id":16139,"date":"2022-08-11T10:39:43","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T14:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/?post_type=directory&#038;p=16139"},"modified":"2022-09-15T12:58:24","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T16:58:24","slug":"shannon-aymes-md-mph","status":"publish","type":"directory","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/directory\/shannon-aymes-md-mph\/","title":{"rendered":"Shannon Aymes, MD, MPH"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Biographical Information<\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"background: white\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><span style=\"color: black\">Dr. Aymes\u00a0currently serves as the Program Director for the UNC Preventive Medicine Residency Program seated in the Department of Family Medicine.\u00a0 She also practices at the UNC Medical Weight Program at <\/span><span style=\"));border-bottom: transparent\">Eastowne<\/span>\u00a0and Panther Creek <span style=\"));border-bottom: transparent\">locations\u00a0 She<\/span>\u00a0is board certified in Internal Medicine, Obesity Medicine,\u00a0and Preventive Medicine.\u00a0 She obtained her medical degree at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina, and completed her Internal Medicine residency at the Robert Wood Johnson Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"><span class=\"eop\"><span style=\"color: black\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"background: white\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><span style=\"color: black\">After practicing primary care in academic settings in New Jersey, providing care for uninsured patients in North Carolina, and working as a physician advisor\/consultant for 9 years, she returned to training at UNC and completed a Master\u2019s in Public Health and preventive medicine residency.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"><span class=\"eop\"><span style=\"color: black\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"background: white\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><span style=\"color: black\">Outside of work, she can most often be found playing card games and watching Marvel movies with her 3 children, walking her rescue puppy with her husband, camping and hiking, reading science fiction novels, and trying out new creative hobbies. <\/span><\/span><\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"><span class=\"eop\"><span style=\"color: black\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Areas of Interest<\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"background: white\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><span style=\"color: black\">Dr. <\/span>Aymes\u00a0is interested in addressing the disease of obesity and its associated complications through population health approaches, teaching the next generation of public health physicians, and influencing policy decisions affecting health coverage for state employees. <\/span><\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"><span class=\"eop\"><span style=\"color: black\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biographical Information Dr. Aymes\u00a0currently serves as the Program Director for the UNC Preventive Medicine Residency Program seated in the Department of Family Medicine.\u00a0 She also practices at the UNC Medical Weight Program at Eastowne\u00a0and Panther Creek locations\u00a0 She\u00a0is board certified in Internal Medicine, Obesity Medicine,\u00a0and Preventive Medicine.\u00a0 She obtained her medical degree at the Medical &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/directory\/shannon-aymes-md-mph\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Shannon Aymes, MD, MPH\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":16134,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-16139","directory","type-directory","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","odd"],"pp_force_visibility":null,"pp_subpost_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_force_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_subpost_visibility":null,"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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