{"id":14484,"date":"2022-12-02T12:31:40","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T17:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/?p=14484"},"modified":"2022-12-02T12:40:19","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T17:40:19","slug":"dr-saira-sheikh-elected-to-american-college-of-rheumatology-acrs-board-of-directors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/dr-saira-sheikh-elected-to-american-college-of-rheumatology-acrs-board-of-directors\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Saira Sheikh Elected to American College of Rheumatology (ACR&#8217;s) Board of Directors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-13143\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/802\/2022\/01\/Saira-Sheikh-MD-sqsmcu-300x295.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/802\/2022\/01\/Saira-Sheikh-MD-sqsmcu-300x295.jpg 300w, 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