My name is Andrew Mihalek. IÕm a pulmonary and critical care physician here at UVA. Inside the hospital, IÕm an attending in the Intensive Care Unit, where we see the sickest of the sick patients. As an outpatient doctor, though, I see patients who have diseases of their lungs, and that can come in all shapes and forms. So, I see people that have COPD, otherwise known as emphysema, or chronic bronchitis. I see people that have asthma. I see people that have abnormal findings on CAT scans or chest x-rays. Fifty percent of my time is actually spent taking care of patients that have pulmonary hypertension. IÕm the Associate Medical Director for the multi-disciplinary pulmonary hypertension clinic here. When people come into the clinic, itÕs probably our first job and priority to get to know the patient. Our second job and priority is actually for the patient to get to know us. We have to be comfortable knowing that weÕre going to be delivering the best care possible to those patients, and the patients have to know that, and feel comfortable knowing, A, that theyÕre going to get that care, but then, B, that care is going to revolve around them. I think one of the things that the patients can have comfort knowing when they come to our clinic is the fact that theyÕre very much a part of their own care. We can make all the suggestions that we want, but the patient is the one who has to decide whatÕs going to work best for them and their lives.