{"id":11086,"date":"2020-10-27T11:11:33","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T15:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/gisurgery\/?page_id=11086"},"modified":"2025-07-03T12:56:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T16:56:01","slug":"faculty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/gisurgery\/team\/faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Faculty<\/h2>\n            <section>\n                <ul class=\"divisions-container multi-column\" aria-label=\"people-directory\">\n            <li class=\"row post entry\">\n    <div class=\"directory-gallery-thumbnail\">\n                                                                    \n                            <div class=\"entry-title\">\n                                    <a class=\"post-author\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/gisurgery\/people\/muneera-r-kapadia-md-mme\/\">\n                                        <div class=\"upd-image\">\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"upd_img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/gisurgery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/692\/2025\/07\/Muneera-R.-Kapadia.jpg\" alt=\" \" height=\"160\" width=\"120\"\/>\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"print_img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/gisurgery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/692\/2025\/07\/Muneera-R.-Kapadia.jpg\" alt=\" \" \/>\n                        <\/div>\n                                                    Muneera R. Kapadia, MD, MME                                                            <\/a>\n                                <\/div>\n            \t\n            <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"directory-gallery-content\">\n\n        \n\n        <div class=\"ud-gallery-view__positions\"><p class=\"ud-gallery-view__positions__title\">Chief, Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery<\/p><p class=\"ud-gallery-view__positions__title\">Professor of Surgery<\/p>            <\/div>\n                \n                    \n<\/li><li class=\"row post entry\">\n    <div class=\"directory-gallery-thumbnail\">\n                                                                    \n                            <div class=\"entry-title\">\n                                    <a class=\"post-author\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/gisurgery\/people\/11674\/\">\n                                        <div class=\"upd-image\">\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"upd_img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/gisurgery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/692\/2018\/05\/CUT-FarrellTim-160901.jpg\" alt=\" \" height=\"160\" width=\"120\"\/>\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"print_img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/gisurgery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/692\/2018\/05\/CUT-FarrellTim-160901.jpg\" alt=\" \" \/>\n                        <\/div>\n                                                    Timothy M Farrell, MD                                                            <\/a>\n                                <\/div>\n            \t\n            <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"directory-gallery-content\">\n\n        \n\n        <div class=\"ud-gallery-view__positions\"><p class=\"ud-gallery-view__positions__title\">Professor of Surgery<\/p><p class=\"ud-gallery-view__positions__title\">Vice Department Chair<\/p>            <\/div>\n                \n                    \n<\/li><li class=\"row post 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                                              <\/a>\n                                <\/div>\n            \t\n            <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"directory-gallery-content\">\n\n        \n\n        <div class=\"ud-gallery-view__positions\"><p class=\"ud-gallery-view__positions__title\">Assistant Professor<\/p>            <\/div>\n                \n                    \n<\/li><li class=\"row post entry\">\n    <div class=\"directory-gallery-thumbnail\">\n                                                                    \n                            <div class=\"entry-title\">\n                                    <a class=\"post-author\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/gisurgery\/people\/sergio-mazzola-poli-de-figueiredo-md\/\">\n                                        <div class=\"upd-image\">\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"upd_img\" 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                                                                \n                            <div class=\"entry-title\">\n                                    <a class=\"post-author\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/gisurgery\/people\/wayne-overby-md-facs\/\">\n                                        <div class=\"upd-image\">\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"upd_img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/gisurgery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/692\/2024\/10\/GEN-SURG-Overby-David-Wayne-2016-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\" \" height=\"160\" width=\"120\"\/>\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"print_img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/gisurgery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/692\/2024\/10\/GEN-SURG-Overby-David-Wayne-2016-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\" \" \/>\n                        <\/div>\n                                                    Wayne Overby, MD, FACS                                                            <\/a>\n                                <\/div>\n            \t\n            <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"directory-gallery-content\">\n\n        \n\n        <div class=\"ud-gallery-view__positions\"><p class=\"ud-gallery-view__positions__title\">Associate Professor<\/p>            <\/div>\n                \n                    \n<\/li><li class=\"row post entry\">\n    <div class=\"directory-gallery-thumbnail\">\n                                                                    \n                            <div class=\"entry-title\">\n                                    <a class=\"post-author\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/gisurgery\/people\/jonathan-stem-md\/\">\n                                        <div class=\"upd-image\">\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"upd_img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/gisurgery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/692\/2021\/08\/Stem_Jonathan_400px-300x300-1.png\" alt=\" \" 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