{"id":11401,"date":"2023-03-09T19:00:16","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T00:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/ct\/?page_id=11401"},"modified":"2026-02-18T10:44:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T15:44:49","slug":"unc-patient-centered-perioperative-care-pcpc-lab","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/ct\/ct\/unc-patient-centered-perioperative-care-pcpc-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"UNC Patient-Centered Perioperative Care | PCPC Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Led by principal investigator, Gita Mody, MD, MPH, the Patient-Centered Perioperative Care (PCPC) Laboratory at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill focuses on innovative local and global research efforts to improve standard of care and patient-centered outcomes for high-risk surgical patients worldwide. We welcome cross-departmental collaborators, sponsors, and other organizations to partner with our multidisciplinary team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Listen to Dr. Gita Mody discuss the intersection of public health and thoracic surgery on this episode of the Thoracic Surgery Clinics Podcast:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n

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Drs. Mahlet, Gita, and Maurice<\/strong> after finishing surgery at King Faisal Hospital, Rwanda. (Feb 2026)<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/td>\nGita Mody <\/strong>discusses patient perceptions of ePROs for symptom monitoring after surgery with University of Alabama Cardiothoracic surgeons and fellows.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0\"\"<\/td>\nGita Mody\u00a0<\/strong>is inducted into the American Association for Thoracic Surgery during the 2025 Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, and gives commentary on abstracts presented about global health capacity building and trainee well-being.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nChase Cox\u00a0<\/strong>wins Best Oral Presentation Award at the 2025 Nathan a. Womack Surgical Society Research Day for “Quality of Life during Electronic Patient-Reported Outcome (ePRO) Monitoring in Thoracic Surgery Patients: a Randomized Clinical Trial.”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nChase Cox <\/strong>presents “Cancer Patient Preoperative Communication on Quality of Life and Symptom Burden: Preliminary Results” at the 2025 Academic Surgical Congress<\/a> in Las Vegas, Nevada.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Image\"<\/td>\nThe PCPC Lab\u00a0<\/strong>takes on an escape room challenge during their latest retreat.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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