{"id":1000,"date":"2017-07-21T15:43:38","date_gmt":"2017-07-21T19:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/med-fammed.sites.unc.edu\/valerie-gilchrist\/"},"modified":"2021-10-19T12:34:12","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T16:34:12","slug":"valerie-gilchrist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/2017\/07\/21\/valerie-gilchrist\/","title":{"rendered":"Valerie Gilchrist, MD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- description --><\/p>\n<p class=\"lead\"> Class of 1983: Dr. Valerie Gilchrist is the Chair of the Department of Family Medicine at the School of Medicine and Public Health at the University of Wisconsin. 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