{"id":3534,"date":"2021-10-13T12:58:30","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T16:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/obgyn\/?p=3534"},"modified":"2026-06-05T15:02:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T19:02:41","slug":"congratulations-to-dr-leigh-cantrell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/obgyn\/2021\/10\/13\/congratulations-to-dr-leigh-cantrell\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations to Dr. Leigh Cantrell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3478 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/obgyn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/286\/2021\/07\/CantrellLeigh-2017-compressed-768x1024-1-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/obgyn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/286\/2021\/07\/CantrellLeigh-2017-compressed-768x1024-1-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/obgyn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/286\/2021\/07\/CantrellLeigh-2017-compressed-768x1024-1-150x200.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/obgyn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/286\/2021\/07\/CantrellLeigh-2017-compressed-768x1024-1.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>The Department of OBGYN is pleased and honored to congratulate Dr. Leigh Cantrell on her recent appointment to Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology with tenure.\u00a0 In addition to this new appointment, Dr. Cantrell is also currently serving as Interim Chair of the Department.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of OBGYN is pleased and honored to congratulate Dr. Leigh Cantrell on her recent appointment to Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology with tenure.\u00a0 In addition to this new appointment, Dr. Cantrell is also currently serving as Interim Chair of the Department. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1499,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[13,3,5,4,1],"tags":[19],"class_list":["post-3534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-education","category-faculty","category-highlights","category-uncategorized","tag-delete"],"acf":false,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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