He is Dr. Paul Webster who resides and works in Orlando, Florida. He attended Under-graduate School at Howard University in Washington DC where he did a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry. He continued his studies at Medical School, also at Howard, and obtained an MD degree in 1986.

“I have two specialties Obstetrics and Gynaecology and I also trained in Anaesthesiology,” he said “I currently practice anaesthesiology and pain management in Orlando, Florida.”

Dr. Webster said he was naturally attracted to those specialties as he went through medical school. “Also, I always had the idea of coming back to Anguilla and I know those two specialties are badly needed here and so I had an eye on the future.”

“Is the day for your return to Anguilla far off?” he was asked.

“Not far,” he replied. “I have some plans in the works. I can’t tell you exactly when that’s going to be but I am looking forward to returning to Anguilla.”

Dr. Webster is the president of a group of six physicians. They practice in one hospital, one military surgery centre and they also have a private office-based practice.

His studies were all privately financed. He got started in his first semester with the help of friends after which he worked in two jobs and obtained a scholarship from Howard University to continue his studies.

He said that in order to allow him to complete his second residency, he joined the US Military and for a period of four years served in the Air Force and became a Major and was based at Macdill Air Force in Tampa, Florida.

Webster said he was initially influenced to study medicine his cousin, Dr. Vincent Gumbs who serves in California and Dr. Felix Specter who served as a Medical Officer in Anguilla in the late 1960s.
Before furthering his studies he taught at the Valley Primary School for one year and at the Valley Secondary School for another year.

Dr. Webster had a word for the young people of Anguilla. “I think the best advice I can give any student or youngster growing up in Anguilla today is, that they need to be focused on their education and their priorities in life. They must maintain good health to the best of their ability and they owe themselves and their families in getting the best educational opportunities they can and taking advantage of them.”

Dr. Webster was born at Island Harbour where his mother, Eileen, and her relatives are from. He moved to Blowing Point at an early age where his father is Obed Gumbs.

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