{"id":59505,"date":"2023-03-07T09:52:28","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T14:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/oncology\/?post_type=ud_entry&#038;p=59505"},"modified":"2025-12-09T10:49:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T15:49:52","slug":"jared-weiss-md","status":"publish","type":"ud_entry","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/oncology\/people\/jared-weiss-md\/","title":{"rendered":"Jared Weiss, MD"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"349\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OjYJO8ws1oY?html5=1\" title=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>My life work is the reduction of suffering from cancer.\u00a0 Lung cancer and head\/neck cancers are heavily stigmatized. As a result, patients do not receive the type of care that they deserve.\u00a0 These patients deserve doctors who care deeply about them.\u00a0 It is a privilege to work for my patients in clinic. 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