{"id":48890,"date":"2021-01-19T16:04:42","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T21:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?p=48890"},"modified":"2023-06-27T15:55:32","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T19:55:32","slug":"a-pandemic-date-night-carey-and-her-husband-get-vaccinated-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/a-pandemic-date-night-carey-and-her-husband-get-vaccinated-together\/","title":{"rendered":"A Pandemic Date Night, Carey and Her Husband Get Vaccinated Together"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_49072\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 310px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-49072 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/01\/ewend-carey-receive-vaccine-300x215.png\" alt=\"ewend-carey-receive-vaccine\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Matt Ewend, MD, and Lisa Carey, MD, get vaccinated together.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wraltechwire.com\/2021\/01\/14\/pandemic-date-night-idea-get-vaccinated-together-unc-docs-did\/\">WRAL TechWire<\/a> recognized <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/directory\/lisa-a-carey-md\/\">Lisa Carey<\/a>, MD, and her husband, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/directory\/matthew-ewend-md-facs\/\">Matt Ewend<\/a>, MD, who both received their COVID-19 vaccinations in late December 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis feels huge. Getting vaccinated and taking care of cancer patients just for their cancer and not having to worry about all this other stuff,\u201d said Carey, the L. Richardson and Marilyn Jacobs Preyer Distinguished Professor for Breast Cancer Research in the division of oncology. \u201cI took my shot to protect my cancer patients.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI took my shot to protect my co-workers, our patients and my wife on our first date [in 2020], added Ewend, a practicing neurosurgeon and chief clinical officer of UNC Health.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the UNC Health video <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CYqaG3SQEmA&amp;feature=emb_logo\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WRAL TechWire recognized Lisa Carey, MD, and her husband, Matt Ewend, MD, who both received their COVID-19 vaccinations in late December 2020. \u201cThis feels huge. Getting vaccinated and taking care of cancer patients just for their cancer and not having to worry about all this other stuff,\u201d said Carey, the L. 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