{"id":2785,"date":"2018-07-11T15:55:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-11T19:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/for-patients\/why-choose-unc\/"},"modified":"2018-09-12T15:25:44","modified_gmt":"2018-09-12T19:25:44","slug":"why-choose-unc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/for-patients\/why-choose-unc\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Choose UNC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"99\" class=\"image-right size-medium wp-image-2786\" title=\"unchealthcare\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/854\/2018\/09\/unchealthcare-300x99.jpeg\" alt=\"unchealthcare\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/854\/2018\/09\/unchealthcare-300x99.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/854\/2018\/09\/unchealthcare-150x50.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/854\/2018\/09\/unchealthcare.jpeg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>A Personalized Approach to Care<\/b><\/p>\n<p>At UNC Health Care, you\u2019re always at the center of care. Your surgeon will provide you with a treatment plan that\u2019s tailored to you and backed by the expertise, resources, and groundbreaking techniques available only at an academic medical center. You\u2019ll start with a comprehensive evaluation that allows us to get to know you and your family, learn about your medical condition, and ask about your treatment goals and health care wishes. You\u2019ll find immediate support from every member of our team. And we\u2019ll stay with you long after your surgery to provide expert follow-up care.<\/p>\n<p><b>For more information and to book an appointment go to <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncmedicalcenter.org\/uncmc\/care-treatment\/surgical-services\/\"><b>UNC Health Care Surgical Services.<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Personalized Approach to Care At UNC Health Care, you\u2019re always at the center of care. 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You\u2019ll start with a comprehensive evaluation that allows us to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/for-patients\/why-choose-unc\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Why Choose UNC\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37593,"featured_media":0,"parent":2385,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[],"featured-item":[],"class_list":["post-2785","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","odd"],"pp_force_visibility":null,"pp_subpost_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_force_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_subpost_visibility":null,"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why Choose UNC | Department of Surgery<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/for-patients\/why-choose-unc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why Choose UNC | Department of Surgery\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A Personalized Approach to Care At UNC Health Care, you\u2019re always at the center of care. 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