{"id":3588,"date":"2025-10-13T20:48:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T00:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/im\/?post_type=ud_entry&p=3588"},"modified":"2025-10-17T22:28:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T02:28:21","slug":"zahra-saadat-girnary-ms-cgc","status":"publish","type":"ud_entry","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/im\/people\/zahra-saadat-girnary-ms-cgc\/","title":{"rendered":"Zahra Saadat Girnary, MS, CGC"},"content":{"rendered":"

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