{"id":3253,"date":"2012-07-03T16:55:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-03T20:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/dr-stansfield-joins-unc-cardiothoracic-surgery\/"},"modified":"2018-10-10T17:20:48","modified_gmt":"2018-10-10T21:20:48","slug":"dr-stansfield-joins-unc-cardiothoracic-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/dr-stansfield-joins-unc-cardiothoracic-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Stansfield Joins Cardiothoracic Surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- description --> <\/p>\n<p class='lead'>July 1, 2012 &#8212; William E. Stansfield, M.D., joined the UNC faculty on July 1 as assistant professor of surgery in the UNC Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery. Dr. Stansfield, who specializes in heart surgery for adults, practices as a cardiothoracic surgeon at UNC Hospitals.<\/p>\n<div class='image-section'>\n<figure class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\">\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/854\/2018\/09\/dr-stansfield-joins-unc-cardiothoracic-surgery-image2.jpeg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" alt=\"image2\"><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">William E. Stansfield, M.D.<br \/>\n    <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Dr. Stansfield earned an M.D. from the medical school at McGill University in Montreal in 2002. He completed a General Surgery residency at UNC in 2009 and his Cardiothoracic Surgery residency at UNC in June 2012. 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