{"id":326,"date":"2019-02-28T11:08:25","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T16:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/cardiology\/uncheartvalve\/?page_id=326"},"modified":"2019-07-11T14:58:01","modified_gmt":"2019-07-11T18:58:01","slug":"directory","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/cardiology\/uncheartvalve\/directory\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container-fluid divisions-container multi-column\">\n    \n            <article class=\"row post entry\">\n            <div class=\"directory-gallery-thumbnail\">\n                                                                                                \t\t\n                    <div class=\"upd-image\">\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"upd_img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/cardiology\/uncheartvalve\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/409\/2017\/09\/johnvavalle.jpeg\" alt=\"John Paul Vavalle\" 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