William Eisenhart

Explosive Ordnance Technician, US Navy, Army National Guard

Special Operations Combat Medic, Army National Guard

Yale University, School of Medicine / Physician Assistant Program

William Eisenhart was born in South Korea and immigrated to the United States with his mother as an infant. When 9/11 occurred, William felt helpless watching the situations unfold in Washington, DC, New York City and Pennsylvania. He walked away from his career as an Internet Engineer and enlisted in the Navy at age 30. He served as an Explosive Ordnance Technician, deploying and disarming Improvised Explosive Devices. He saw the injuries created by these devices while doing Tactical Emergency Casualty Care, but was not able to do more in the chain of survivability. He left the Navy and worked as an intelligence analyst, but decided to return to the military and became a Special Operations Combat Medic for a Special Forces Battalion in the Army National Guard.

William understood that his role in the military did not translate to the civilian sector, so he applied and was accepted to the Yale School of Medicine Physician Assistant Online Program. As the son of a middle school educated mother and the first member of his family to graduate from college, he is humbled to attend an Ivy League institution. He is in his second year and is splitting time between the civilian and military hospital setting as he wants to commission in the military when he graduates. He hopes to work with other Special Operations Medics overseas helping underserved populations. He intends to carry on Glen Doherty's legacy to help other regardless of the dangers.