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Page 2445 1 A Yes, I am head of pulmonary critical care 2 medicine at the University of Maryland Medical System 3 and Professor of Medicine in Physiology at the 4 University of Maryland School of Medicine. 5 Q And could you tell us what your 6 responsibilities are in that capacity? 7 A Yes. I am the senior chest physician at the 8 medical center, and so I am responsible for 9 overseeing, in general, the care of patients with 10 respiratory diseases and critical care medicine at the 11 medical center. 12 Q And how long have you held that position, 13 Dr. Rubin? 14 A Almost 11 years. 15 Q Okay. I think you are the first doctor that 16 talked about pulmonary medicine. 17 What is pulmonary medicine? 18 A Pulmonary medicine is the diagnosis and 19 treatment of disorders of the respiratory system, the 20 lungs primarily. 21 Q Now, you mentioned that you also have a