I am a practitioner, teacher and student of medical science and a student/lover of the arts. I was previously a researcher in physiology and now I am a practitioner of general thoracic surgery. I am an associate clinical professor of thoracic surgery at The Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City with 41 years of experience in practicing, teaching, research and publishing in thoracic surgery. I have assisted Rmrfstar in research and writing of Hippocrates, Roman Vishniac, Josef Levi and other articles which have gone on to become FA due to his tireless work and dedication to Wikipedia. I edit articles which are in my fields of expertise, especially, thoracic surgery and anatomy. I have also started articles in music and art and hope to expand them. As of June 15, 2010, I have been given "reviewer" status.