{"id":10000003,"date":"2025-10-30T15:14:05","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T19:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/raredisease\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=3087"},"modified":"2025-11-12T14:41:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T19:41:24","slug":"primary-care-the-unsung-heroes-in-rare-disease-diagnostics","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/raredisease\/event\/primary-care-the-unsung-heroes-in-rare-disease-diagnostics\/2025-10-30\/","title":{"rendered":"Primary Care: The Unsung Heroes in Rare Disease Diagnostics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The UNC Rare Disease Network is hosting an upcoming virtual event for primary care providers: <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3063 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/raredisease\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1455\/2025\/10\/Rare-Disease-Network-Fall-2025-Event-Promotional-Flyer-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"376\" height=\"487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/raredisease\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1455\/2025\/10\/Rare-Disease-Network-Fall-2025-Event-Promotional-Flyer-scaled.jpg 1978w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/raredisease\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1455\/2025\/10\/Rare-Disease-Network-Fall-2025-Event-Promotional-Flyer-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/raredisease\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1455\/2025\/10\/Rare-Disease-Network-Fall-2025-Event-Promotional-Flyer-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/raredisease\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1455\/2025\/10\/Rare-Disease-Network-Fall-2025-Event-Promotional-Flyer-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/raredisease\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1455\/2025\/10\/Rare-Disease-Network-Fall-2025-Event-Promotional-Flyer-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/raredisease\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1455\/2025\/10\/Rare-Disease-Network-Fall-2025-Event-Promotional-Flyer-1583x2048.jpg 1583w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/raredisease\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1455\/2025\/10\/Rare-Disease-Network-Fall-2025-Event-Promotional-Flyer-600x776.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cPrimary Care: The Unsung Heroes in Rare Disease Diagnostics\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This virtual, interactive event focuses on the diagnostic odyssey and how genetic testing can be implemented to help clinicians better support patient care. The presentation is geared towards primary care providers and will discuss genetic basics, the benefits and limitations of genetic testing, and genetic testing available through UNC Health. Following a short presentation, a panel of MDs and genetic counselors from various specialties within UNC will be available for questions and expert opinions.<\/p>\n<p>The event is eligible for CME credit and will take place twice:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Friday, October 10<sup>th <\/sup>from 12:00 PM \u2013 1:00 PM<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Thursday, October 30<sup>th <\/sup>from 12:00 PM \u2013 1:00 PM<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Event Agenda:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Virtual Presentation<\/li>\n<li>Panelist Q&amp;A<\/li>\n<li>Survey<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Presenter for October 30th event:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr. Muge Calikoglu (MD\/MPH): Clinical Geneticist<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/2nCOCsvBQvOdS2N8MrTjZg#\/registration\">Register here<\/a>!<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UNC Rare Disease Network is hosting an upcoming virtual event for primary care providers: \u201cPrimary Care: The Unsung Heroes in Rare Disease Diagnostics\u201d This virtual, interactive event focuses on the diagnostic odyssey and how genetic testing can be implemented to help clinicians better support patient care. The presentation is geared towards primary care providers &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/raredisease\/event\/primary-care-the-unsung-heroes-in-rare-disease-diagnostics\/2025-10-30\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Primary Care: The Unsung Heroes in Rare Disease Diagnostics\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":85590,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","_tribe_events_is_hybrid":"","_tribe_events_is_virtual":"","_tribe_events_virtual_video_source":"","_tribe_events_virtual_embed_video":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button_text":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_at":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_to":[],"_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_event":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_views":"","_tribe_events_virtual_url":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[],"class_list":["post-10000003","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry","tribe-recurring-event","tribe-recurring-event-parent","odd"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/raredisease\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/10000003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/raredisease\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/raredisease\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/raredisease\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/85590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/raredisease\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/10000003\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/raredisease\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10000003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/raredisease\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10000003"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/raredisease\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=10000003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}