 During the period the Greens were separated , Debora met Michael Farrar , a student in his twenties completing his last year of medical school . Farrar was struck by Green 's intelligence and vitality , though he was embarrassed by her habit of explosively losing her temper at minor slights . In contrast , Green felt that Farrar was a stable , dependable presence . The couple were married on May 26 , 1979 . When Farrar was accepted for an internal medicine residency at the University of Cincinnati , the couple moved to Ohio . Green went into practice at Jewish Hospital as an emergency physician , but grew dissatisfied and eventually switched specialties . She began a second residency in internal medicine , joining Farrar 's program . 
