1946
Dr. Ambrose is born in New York City, New York to Victor and Adrienne Ambrose.
1969
Dr. Ambrose marries Avis Irene Mistretta.
1972
Dr. Ambrose receives a Doctor of Medicine from New York Medical College, as valedictorian of his class.
1972
Dr. Ambrose begins a medical internship and moves on to a medical residency and cardiology fellowship at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City.
1975
Dr. Ambrose is certified as a diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine.
1977
Dr. Ambrose is certified as a diplomate in cardiovascular diseases.
1977
Dr. Ambrose joins the faculty of the Cardiology Division of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York.
1980
Dr. Ambrose is appointed chief of the Catheterization Laboratory at Westchester Medical Center.
1982
Dr. Ambrose becomes chief of the Catheterization Laboratory and eventually rises to the rank of professor of medicine in the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital.
1985
Dr. Ambrose spends 11 years publishing his most important papers on ACS pathophysiology and thrombosis.
1996
Dr. Ambrose authors and edits “Complex Coronary Lesions in Acute Coronary Syndromes.”
1998
Dr. Ambrose becomes a professor of medicine at New York Medical College and director of the Cardiovascular Center at St. Vincent’s Hospital in New York.
2001
Dr. Ambrose spends four years publishing his most important papers with Dr. Barua on cigarette smoking and cardiovascular disease.
2002
Dr. Ambrose receives the Alumni Medal of Honor from New York Medical College.
2005
Dr. Ambrose is appointed chief of cardiology and professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco-Fresno.
2007
Dr. Ambrose becomes the program director of the Cardiovascular Fellowship Program at the University of California, San Francisco-Fresno.
2015
Dr. Ambrose authors and edits “Controversies in Cardiology.”
2017
Dr. Ambrose retires as chief of cardiology while remaining full-time on the cardiology faculty in the Division of Cardiology at the University of California, San Francisco-Fresno.