Do you follow the recommendations you give to your patients? 

• Sure!

• Most, but we must admit that we are not all exemplary, especially in terms of physical activity.

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What do you think is the most difficult medical practice? The easiest ? 

• Surgical disciplines requiring high availability in terms of call duty (eg orthopaedics, obstetrics).  Nuclear medicine seems easier to me!

• The easiest is the one that excites us because we don't count the hours. The most difficult is the one that we have convinced ourselves is the easiest.

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Would you be friends with your colleagues if you had met them outside of work?

• With most people in my department YES!

• For the vast majority fortunately!

What do you think is the most important factor for a successful residency in your specialty?  A career in your specialty?

• The passion for his specialty

• For pulmonology, you have to like dealing with people who don't always listen to doctors, be good with your hands, be a good manager of laboratory resources and know how to work in a team.

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What is the best advice you have received?

• To recognize our limits and consult colleagues for an opinion

• “As a resident, you always have to be doing something! »

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How many hours of work per week?

• I don't count them because I love my job, my diverse career

• 60h of happiness, according to the guards, the academic, research and management tasks which are added to the clinical tasks.

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What do you dislike most about your practice?

• Administrative pitfalls reducing accessibility for our patients (delays in obtaining examinations, lack of equipment, etc.)

• I'm still looking for the answer.

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Is it possible to make a career in pulmonology while being immunosuppressed?

• Yes

• Certainly

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What is the most common criticism you receive?

• Luckily, I'm having trouble answering this question correctly!

• “You have such a great team! »

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How would your colleagues describe you?

• Enthusiastic, accommodating and good-humored

• Hypomanic

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If you had to specialize in something else, what would it be and why?

• In neurology, for the complexity of the brain

• There are so many sub-specialties in pulmonology that we can always change our practice considerably by taking additional training.

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Does your specialty take jokes well at work?

• Yes, it is possible to be professional in a pleasant working environment

• We don't joke in pulmonology, it's serious business.

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Do students/residents sometimes make you feel overwhelmed? 

• No, they are rather a source of motivation and achievement!

• I challenge them to follow me.

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If your specialty had to have a romantic relationship with another which one would it choose? 

• Cardiology because of the heart-lung interdependence!

• Pulmonology has several allies who compete for this title: thoracic surgery, oncology, radiology, radio-oncology, ENT, immuno-allergy, intensive care, palliative care, cardiology…