{"id":3801,"date":"2018-07-31T09:23:37","date_gmt":"2018-07-31T13:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/ct\/?post_type=directory&#038;p=3801"},"modified":"2025-01-17T10:04:26","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T15:04:26","slug":"gita-mody-md-mph","status":"publish","type":"directory","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/ct\/directory\/gita-mody-md-mph\/","title":{"rendered":"Gita Mody, MD, MPH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Director of Thoracic Surgical Oncology<br \/>\nAssociate Professor of Surgery<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11748\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/ct\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/690\/2018\/07\/CarolinaCareExcellence.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n\n<!-- iframe plugin v.5.2 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x68krrgRnTA\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" 0=\"allowfullscreen\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\"><\/iframe>\n\n<h3>Clinical Interests<\/h3>\n<p>Thoracic oncology including cancer of lung and esophagus, lung transplantation, ECMO, emphysema, bronchiectasis, Minimally invasive thoracic surgery including robotic surgery<\/p>\n<h3>Research Interests<\/h3>\n<p>Surgical outcomes, patient-centered outcomes, surgical capacity building, Global health<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #4b9cd3\">Visit Dr. Mody&#8217;s lab page<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/ct\/ct\/unc-patient-centered-perioperative-care-pcpc-lab\/\">UNC Patient-Centered Perioperative Care<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Education and Training<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>MD, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO<\/li>\n<li>MPH, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA<\/li>\n<li>Residency (General Surgery), Brigham and Women&#8217;s Hospital , Boston, MA<\/li>\n<li>Residency (Cardiothoracic Surgery), Brigham and Women&#8217;s Hospital , Boston, MA<\/li>\n<li>Research Fellow, BWH Center for Surgery and Public Health, Boston, MA<\/li>\n<li>BS, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Board Certification<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>General Surgery<\/li>\n<li>Thoracic Surgery<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Publications<\/h3>\n<p>View Dr. Mody\u2019s recent research publications on\u00a0<a class=\"external-link\" title=\"caranasos-articles\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/?term=Mody+GN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PubMed<\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Q &amp; A<\/h3>\n<p>For an introspective look at Dr. Mody, check out her<a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/gita-mody-md-mph-joins-unc-department-of-surgery\/\"> interview<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Patient Stories<\/h3>\n<table class=\" alignleft\" style=\"width: 88.9502%;border-collapse: collapse;height: 10px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 243px\" valign=\"top\">\n<td style=\"width: 80.8029%;height: 10px\"><strong>A Fighter All Her Life, Surviving an Unsurvivable Condition | <\/strong>June 2, 2020<\/p>\n<div class=\"kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-11215 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/ct\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/690\/2018\/07\/20190910_094119-scaled-e1611949375385-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/ct\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/690\/2018\/07\/20190910_094119-scaled-e1611949375385-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/ct\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/690\/2018\/07\/20190910_094119-scaled-e1611949375385-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/ct\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/690\/2018\/07\/20190910_094119-scaled-e1611949375385-600x594.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Acid reflux. 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