Douglas F. Paulsen PhD

Douglas F. Paulsen (1952- ) was born in Baltimore, Maryland and grew up in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey where he completed high school in 1970. He attended McDaniel College in Westminster, MD, receiving a B.A. in Biology in 1974. He received his PhD in Anatomy from Wake Forest University School of Medicine in 1979. After a National Cancer Institute postdoctoral fellowship (NRSA) at California State University, Northridge, he joined the faculty of the new Morehouse School of Medicine in 1980. He is currently Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Professor of Pathology & Anatomy at Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, GA. He has authored many research articles in the field of embryonic limb development and other fields. Over the years, Dr. Paulsen has won numerous teaching awards from the graduate and medical students he has taught.