{"id":2196,"date":"2016-12-21T15:45:07","date_gmt":"2016-12-21T19:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.med.virginia.edu\/kidsmatter\/?p=2196"},"modified":"2016-12-21T15:51:41","modified_gmt":"2016-12-21T19:51:41","slug":"welcome-to-the-team-michael-mendoza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.med.virginia.edu\/kidsmatter\/welcome-to-the-team-michael-mendoza\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the Team, Michael Mendoza"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Mendoza<\/a><\/p>\n

Michael Mendoza, MD
\nAssistant Professor, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

What is your proudest\/greatest achievement outside of the professional realm?
\n<\/strong>Getting married and having a child.<\/p>\n

What are you usually doing on the weekend or during time off?
\n<\/strong>Washing the cars, mowing the lawn, cooking meat on the braai.<\/p>\n

What is the best advice anyone ever gave you?
\n<\/strong>One of my attendings during fellowship told me during inpatient rounds\u2026\u201dIt\u2019s not how often you are right, but more importantly, how often you can accept being wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n

What about you would surprise us?
\n<\/strong>If I was just 6 inches taller, I think I could have played college basketball.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

In each Kids Matter edition, we will feature a new team member. Stayed tuned!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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