{"id":10903,"date":"2019-05-14T14:16:22","date_gmt":"2019-05-14T18:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/?p=10903"},"modified":"2019-06-03T09:00:32","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T13:00:32","slug":"helton-named-interim-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/2019\/05\/14\/helton-named-interim-chair\/","title":{"rendered":"Helton named Interim Chair of Family Medicine"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1662\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 229px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/454\/2017\/11\/Helton-vertical.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1662\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/454\/2017\/11\/Helton-vertical-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"219\" height=\"329\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Margaret Helton, MD, MPH<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;color: #4f4f4f\">Margaret Helton, MD is our Interim Chair of the Department of Family Medicine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;color: #4f4f4f\">\u201cDr. Helton, over the years, has been a key leader in advancing our top ranked Family Medicine department across all missions. With her at the helm as Interim Chair, I am confident she will continue to advance the Family Medicine strategic plan, and invest well in faculty, staff, and learners,\u201d said Cristy Page, UNC School of Medicine Executive Dean and previous Family Medicine chair.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;color: #4f4f4f\">Helton\u2019s previous administrative appointments with the UNC Department of Family Medicine include: Vice Chair for Clinical Excellence, Associate Chair for Faculty Affairs, Director of Career Development Fellowship, Director of Operations, and Director of Maternal and Child Health. Helton currently serves as the medical director for Carol Woods Retirement Community. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan Medical School and completed her family medicine residency and fellowship in geriatrics at the University of North Carolina.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;color: #4f4f4f\">\u201cIt is a privilege to provide our patients with excellent care in a nationally recognized department of family medicine,\u201d says Dr. Helton. \u201cEverything we do \u2013 from clinical innovation to teaching to research \u2013 is in the service of improving both individual and population-based health care.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Margaret Helton, MD, will assume the role of Interim Chair of the Department of Family Medicine, effective June 1, 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