Bruce Rubin is Distinguished Professor and Chair Emeritus of Pediatrics at Virginia Commonwealth University. He is also Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Affiliate Professor of Physiology and Biophysics at VCU. As a Rhodes Scholar, he trained in Biomedical Engineering at Oxford University and then did his fellowship in Paediatric Respirology at SickKids in Toronto. He holds the MD and Masters in Engineering degrees from Tulane, and an MBA degree from Wake Forest University Babcock School of Business. He is Medical Advisor to the Virginia Society of Respiratory Care and to the International Council of Respiratory Care. He is a fellow of the AARC, elected to the APS, and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. He is Visiting Professor of Pediatrics at Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University in Western Ukraine.
\nDr. Rubin received the Forest Bird Lifetime Scientific Achievement Award as well as the Jimmy A Young Medal from the AARC, the Prix extraordinaire from CIPP and he is a Prix Galien Laurate. He holds honorary appointments in four medical schools, is on the editorial board of 10 journals, has published more than 350 original research papers and chapters (H-index 81), and holds 11 patents. His research focus is airway fluid dynamics: the regulation of mucus clearance in health and disease, airway inflammation and immunomodulation, and aerosol delivery of medications.
\nDr. Rubin is also a magician, with membership in the International Brotherhood of Magicians (Order of Merlin) and over the past 35 years has taught medical magic in 44 countries on 5 continents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Bruce Rubin is Distinguished Professor and Chair Emeritus of Pediatrics at Virginia Commonwealth University. He is also Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Affiliate Professor of Physiology and Biophysics at VCU. As a Rhodes Scholar, he trained in Biomedical Engineering at Oxford University and then did his fellowship in Paediatric Respirology at SickKids in Toronto. He […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2106,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-speaker"],"yoast_head":"\n