{"id":12525,"date":"2021-03-19T14:37:31","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T18:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/?p=12525"},"modified":"2021-03-19T14:37:31","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T18:37:31","slug":"benjamin-haithcock-md-honored-as-healthcare-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/benjamin-haithcock-md-honored-as-healthcare-champion\/","title":{"rendered":"Benjamin Haithcock, MD, Honored as Healthcare Champion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UNC Health and the North Carolina Tar Heels chose Benjamin Haithcock, MD, Profession in the Division Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery as this month&#8217;s Healthcare Champion. Dr. Haithcock has been a non-cardiac thoracic surgeon who also performs lung transplants at UNC since 2007. 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