Dr. Paul Wesley Ambrose, the son of Kenneth Paul and Sharon Norwood Ambrose, was a casualty of the September 11, 2001, attack on the Pentagon. He was 32 years old.
He graduated Magna Cum Laude from Marshall University and received his M.D. from Marshall University's School of Medicine. Paul was fluent in Spanish and broadened his scope while attending the University of Salamanca’s School of Medicine in Spain.
After graduation, Paul spent a year in Washington, D.C., working as National Director of Legislative Affairs for the American Medical Student Association. He was appointed to the Congressional Advisory Committee for Graduate and Medical Education. He was also president of the National Consortium of Residents and developed the National Physician Resident Leadership Symposium at the C. Everett Koop Institute.
Paul was sensitive, self-giving and the very model of what a physician should be to his patients, but his vision extended to the public health community both locally and globally. In June 2000, he received his master’s degree in public health from Harvard University and was awarded the Luther Terry Fellowship. This was a senior clinical advisory position with United States Surgeon General David Satcher. Paul also received the Surgeon General's medallion for his work.
He had a part-time practice in Arlington, Virginia, for Spanish-speaking patients.
