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1 professorship; is that correct?
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2 A Yes.
3 Q And in what area is your professorship?
4 A I have appointments in two departments in
5 the medical school.
6 My primary appointment is in the Department
7 of Medicine, internal medicine, in which I am head of
8 the Pulmonary Division, which is a part of the
9 Department of Internal Medicine. And then, my
10 secondary appointment is in the Department of
11 Physiology which is one of the basic science
12 departments.
13 Q What is physiology?
14 A Physiology is the study of the function of
15 the organs in the body, how they work.
16 Q Now, what is critical care medicine, Dr.
17 Rubin?
18 A Critical care medicine is intensive care
19 medicine. It is the management of patients who are
20 severely ill in intensive care units.
21 Q Does that sometimes go hand in hand with