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Honors and Awards<\/h4>\n

Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society, Pathology Honor Society<\/p>\n

What were you looking for in a residency program?<\/h4>\n

An academic program that values both clinical and technical education and promotes research experiences.<\/p>\n

What are you looking forward to at UNC?<\/h4>\n

Growing together with my intern class as we develop our clinical acumen and practice technical skills.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":18722,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"ud_division":[391],"class_list":["post-18721","ud_entry","type-ud_entry","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","ud_division-research-resident","odd"],"pp_force_visibility":null,"pp_subpost_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_force_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_subpost_visibility":null,"acf":[],"ud_entry_custom_fields":{"ud_last_name":"Patel","ud_first_name":"Dhruv","ud_gallery_summary":"","ud_telephone":false,"ud_email":"","ud_positions":[{"ud_title":"Research\/General Surgery Resident"}],"ud_options":[],"ud_sort_order":""},"featured_image":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/854\/2025\/07\/RES-GEN-Patel-Dhruv-Patel-220624.png","featured_image_medium":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/854\/2025\/07\/RES-GEN-Patel-Dhruv-Patel-220624-215x300.png","featured_image_medium_large":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/854\/2025\/07\/RES-GEN-Patel-Dhruv-Patel-220624.png","featured_image_large":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/854\/2025\/07\/RES-GEN-Patel-Dhruv-Patel-220624.png","featured_image_thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/854\/2025\/07\/RES-GEN-Patel-Dhruv-Patel-220624-150x150.png","yoast_head":"\nDhruv Patel, MD | 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\/people\/dhruv-patel-md\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dhruv Patel, MD | Department of Surgery\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Honors and Awards Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society, Pathology Honor Society What were you looking for in a residency program? 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