An "assistant professor of medicine" is a type of teacher at a university who specializes in teaching and researching about medical topics. They have achieved advanced knowledge in medicine and are starting their career in academia. Full definition
Mary - Elizabeth Patti, M.D., Director of the Joslin Genomics Core and the Hypoglycemia and Severe Insulin Resistance Clinic at Joslin as well as Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. (joslin.org)
The study's lead author is Dr. Aurora Pop - Vicas, clinical assistant professor of medicine in the Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island. (sciencedaily.com)
He served as Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Adjunct faculty at Harvard School... -LSB-...] (kalishinstitute.com)