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About Senator NorthamRalph Northam was born in Nassawaddox,
Virginia on September 13th, 1959. He is a third generation native of
the Eastern Shore. Ralph received his schooling in Onancock, where he learned the value
of hard work at a young age. He worked as a farmhand, grocery store
clerk, and mate on an offshore fishing boat during high school. While
balancing classes and work, Ralph also distinguished himself as
captain of the both the basketball and baseball teams, and President
of Student Government, the Beta Club and the Hi-Y Club. He graduated
Salutatorian of his class.
Ralph attended the Virginia Military Institute, where he graduated
with distinction and was President of the Honor Court. His summer
jobs included working as a captain of a transport boat to Tangier
Island and road construction crew member. Ralph then went on to
attend Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, graduating in
1984.
Upon graduation from medical school, he completed a pediatric
residency at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio and a child
neurology fellowship at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in
Washington, D.C. and Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.
He served 8 years active duty in the United States Army, rising to
the rank of Major. Ralph was stationed in Landstul, Germany during
Desert Storm, where he treated wounded soldiers returning from the
front lines. Ralph was honorably discharged in 1992. Since that
time, he has worked as a pediatric neurologist in his practice based
at Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters in Norfolk.
While maintaining an active practice, Ralph has established himself
as a leader in the community. He has nine years of volunteer service
as a Medical Director and a member of the Board of Directors for the
Edmarc Hospice for Children. In 2006, he was honored with the
Jefferson Award for Community Service Local and State in Washington,
D.C. for his outstanding service to the hospice.
In addition to his work as a doctor Ralph is an Assistant Professor of
Neurology at Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS). He has received
the Hayes Teaching Award from CHKD and the Faculty Teaching Award
from EVMS for the past three years running. He also serves as the
Medical Director for Edmarc Children's Hospice in Portsmouth.
As your State Senator, Ralph has worked with members of both parties
to improve public health, fight crime, protect the Chesapeake Bay,
and control taxes and government spending.
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