{"id":10362,"date":"2025-01-06T16:04:54","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T21:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/phyrehab\/?page_id=10362"},"modified":"2025-01-10T11:44:04","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T16:44:04","slug":"department-leadership","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/phyrehab\/about-us-2\/department-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Department Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"row  oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-3 col-md-3 col-xs-12 col-sm-3 oscitas-bootstrap-container\"><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\" 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