Paul Stadler

Paul Stadler is Jo's estranged husband.

Conference
Paul was attending the Minimally Invasive Surgery Conference in Los Angeles, California. Unbeknownst to him, he was followed throughout the day by Alex Karev. At the end of the day, he went to get in a cab and passed Alex. He offered to split the cab to the airport with Alex, thinking he might have stolen it, but Alex said he could have it. ("True Colors")

Showing Up in Seattle
Paul showed up in the middle of the chaos caused by hospital hack at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital and confronted Jo, revealing he also found out her fake name. ("Out of Nowhere")

Romantic
He is married to Jo Wilson. During their relationship, he was extremely abusive toward her, which eventually led to her leaving him and starting a new life with a new name. Years later, he found out about her new identity and that she moved to Seattle and become a doctor at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital. He went there and confronted her.

Career
Paul Stadler is a general surgeon with a focus on abdominal surgery and fiber optics. The combination of the two is said to have forged the way for an almost new specialty in surgery. He gave a speech called New Approaches to Antibiotic Resistant Pathogens at the Minimally Invasive Surgery Conference in Los Angeles, CA.

Notes and Trivia

 * He went to Johns Hopkins Medical School.