{"id":6839,"date":"2018-12-18T11:32:03","date_gmt":"2018-12-18T16:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/?p=6839"},"modified":"2018-12-18T11:47:22","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T16:47:22","slug":"dr-beth-jonas-discusses-shortage-of-rheumatologists-in-interview-with-a-physician-publication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/dr-beth-jonas-discusses-shortage-of-rheumatologists-in-interview-with-a-physician-publication\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Beth Jonas Discusses National Shortage of Rheumatologists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6842\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/802\/2018\/12\/Jonas-201808-051-web-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/802\/2018\/12\/Jonas-201808-051-web-240x300.jpg 240w, 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