{"id":2740,"date":"2018-07-12T12:16:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-12T16:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/transplant\/?page_id=2740"},"modified":"2025-07-03T09:17:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T13:17:33","slug":"faculty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/transplant\/ourteam\/faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"centered\">\n<h2>Attending 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\/transplant\/people\/chirag-desai-md-facs\/\">\n                                        <div class=\"upd-image\">\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"upd_img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/transplant\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/680\/2025\/07\/Desai_Headshot-888x1024.png\" alt=\" \" height=\"160\" width=\"120\"\/>\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"print_img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/transplant\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/680\/2025\/07\/Desai_Headshot-888x1024.png\" alt=\" \" \/>\n                        <\/div>\n                                                    Chirag Desai, 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\">George F. Sheldon, MD Distinguished Professor of Surgery<\/p><p class=\"ud-gallery-view__positions__title\">Division Chief of Abdominal Transplant 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\/transplant\/people\/esteban-calderon-md\/\">\n                                        <div class=\"upd-image\">\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"upd_img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/transplant\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/680\/2025\/07\/IMG_4078_Calderon.jpg\" alt=\" \" height=\"160\" width=\"120\"\/>\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"print_img\" 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class=\"ud-gallery-view__positions\"><p class=\"ud-gallery-view__positions__title\">Assistant Professor of Abdominal Transplant Surgery<\/p><p class=\"ud-gallery-view__positions__title\">Living Donor Liver Transplant Program Surgical Director <\/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\/transplant\/people\/alexander-h-toledo-md\/\">\n                                        <div class=\"upd-image\">\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"upd_img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/transplant\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/680\/2018\/07\/ABD-TRX-Toledo-Alex-2023-scaled-e1704732534324-922x1024.jpg\" alt=\" \" 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