{"id":4908,"date":"2019-02-19T15:03:24","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T20:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/?post_type=directory&p=4908"},"modified":"2025-10-07T09:31:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T13:31:22","slug":"ajay-gulati-md","status":"publish","type":"directory","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/directory\/ajay-gulati-md\/","title":{"rendered":"Ajay Gulati, MD"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr. Gulati is a pediatric gastroenterologist and Professor of Pediatrics at UNC.\u00a0 He is the director of the Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center and serves as the physician leader of the UNC Improve Care Now (ICN) team.\u00a0 The ICN network is a multicenter learning health system that integrates quality improvement, informatics, and research to improve outcomes for children with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dr. Gulati is a pediatric gastroenterologist and Professor of Pediatrics at UNC.\u00a0 He is the director of the Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center and serves as the physician leader of the UNC Improve Care Now (ICN) team.\u00a0 The ICN network is a multicenter learning health system that integrates quality improvement, informatics, and research to improve … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3817,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-4908","directory","type-directory","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nAjay Gulati, MD - Institute for Healthcare Quality Improvement<\/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\/ihqi\/directory\/ajay-gulati-md\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ajay Gulati, MD - Institute for Healthcare Quality Improvement\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dr. Gulati is a pediatric gastroenterologist and Professor of Pediatrics at UNC.\u00a0 He is the director of the Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center and serves as the physician leader of the UNC Improve Care Now (ICN) team.\u00a0 The ICN network is a multicenter learning health system that integrates quality improvement, informatics, and research to improve … Read more\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/directory\/ajay-gulati-md\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Institute for Healthcare Quality Improvement\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-07T13:31:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/463\/2016\/10\/Gulati_Faculty-Headshot-1024x683.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"683\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@UNC_IHQI\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/directory\/ajay-gulati-md\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/directory\/ajay-gulati-md\/\",\"name\":\"Ajay Gulati, MD - Institute for Healthcare Quality Improvement\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/directory\/ajay-gulati-md\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/directory\/ajay-gulati-md\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/463\/2016\/10\/Gulati_Faculty-Headshot.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-02-19T20:03:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-07T13:31:22+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/directory\/ajay-gulati-md\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/directory\/ajay-gulati-md\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/directory\/ajay-gulati-md\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/463\/2016\/10\/Gulati_Faculty-Headshot.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/463\/2016\/10\/Gulati_Faculty-Headshot.jpg\",\"width\":5760,\"height\":3840,\"caption\":\"Ajay S. Gulati, MD Associate Professor Pediatric Gastroenterology\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/directory\/ajay-gulati-md\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Ajay Gulati, MD\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/\",\"name\":\"Institute for Healthcare Quality Improvement\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/#organization\",\"name\":\"UNC IHQI\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/463\/2017\/09\/ba60cbac-1a2a-488d-a4bf-7df2713e0e63.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/463\/2017\/09\/ba60cbac-1a2a-488d-a4bf-7df2713e0e63.png\",\"width\":400,\"height\":87,\"caption\":\"UNC IHQI\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/x.com\/UNC_IHQI\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ajay Gulati, MD - Institute for Healthcare Quality Improvement","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/directory\/ajay-gulati-md\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ajay Gulati, MD - Institute for Healthcare Quality Improvement","og_description":"Dr. Gulati is a pediatric gastroenterologist and Professor of Pediatrics at UNC.\u00a0 He is the director of the Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center and serves as the physician leader of the UNC Improve Care Now (ICN) team.\u00a0 The ICN network is a multicenter learning health system that integrates quality improvement, informatics, and research to improve … Read more","og_url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/directory\/ajay-gulati-md\/","og_site_name":"Institute for Healthcare Quality Improvement","article_modified_time":"2025-10-07T13:31:22+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":683,"url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/463\/2016\/10\/Gulati_Faculty-Headshot-1024x683.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@UNC_IHQI","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/directory\/ajay-gulati-md\/","url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/directory\/ajay-gulati-md\/","name":"Ajay Gulati, MD - Institute for Healthcare Quality Improvement","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/directory\/ajay-gulati-md\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/directory\/ajay-gulati-md\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/463\/2016\/10\/Gulati_Faculty-Headshot.jpg","datePublished":"2019-02-19T20:03:24+00:00","dateModified":"2025-10-07T13:31:22+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/directory\/ajay-gulati-md\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/directory\/ajay-gulati-md\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/directory\/ajay-gulati-md\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/463\/2016\/10\/Gulati_Faculty-Headshot.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/463\/2016\/10\/Gulati_Faculty-Headshot.jpg","width":5760,"height":3840,"caption":"Ajay S. Gulati, MD Associate Professor Pediatric Gastroenterology"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/directory\/ajay-gulati-md\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Ajay Gulati, MD"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/","name":"Institute for Healthcare Quality Improvement","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/#organization","name":"UNC IHQI","url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/463\/2017\/09\/ba60cbac-1a2a-488d-a4bf-7df2713e0e63.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/463\/2017\/09\/ba60cbac-1a2a-488d-a4bf-7df2713e0e63.png","width":400,"height":87,"caption":"UNC IHQI"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/UNC_IHQI"]}]}},"_upd_display_name":["Ajay Gulati, MD"],"_upd_reverse_display_name":["Gulati, Ajay"],"_upd_last_name":["Gulati"],"_upd_first_name":["Ajay"],"_upd_sortorder_override":[],"_upd_sortorder":["1"],"_upd_gallery_summary":[],"_upd_no_link":[],"_upd_degree1":["MD"],"_upd_degree2":[],"_upd_email":[[{"email_text":"ajay_gulati@med.unc.edu"}]],"_upd_phone":[],"_upd_address":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/directory\/4908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/directory"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/directory"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/directory\/4908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11347,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/directory\/4908\/revisions\/11347"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}