Yunjin "Eugene" Kim

October 13. 44.

Female. Open.

Stick in the Mud | Recovering and Rediscovering Catholic | University of Chicago, Pritzker (Summa Cum Laude) | Unfortunate Realist

Chief of Surgery, Caduceus Memorial Hospital

Evaluation Observations:
It's almost a cliche but Eugene does tend to come off as the 'fun police' of the surgical ward, but given her position it's a bit more understandable. Regardless of how she views others under her direct care - none can say she doesn't care. Eugene holds herself to higher standards than the other surgeons of the department and in turn expects her staff to aspire to meet said standards, which has the unfortunate benefit of giving Eugene a reputation for being something of a stick in the mud given her distaste for things she considers to be 'frivolous' such as her views on the 'booty on-call room'. Everything aside, however, and it's easy to see why Eugene is perfectly suited for the position she's been given. She runs a tight ship but knows she can't just hold the leash tight while at the same time making sure mistakes are noted and corrected. She has a 'One Strike' policy when it comes to major infractions. Eugene is a hard boss to like on the job, but the surgical ward is better for it, and someone has to shoulder the burden that comes with the egos and vibrant personalities that scrub in.

Actual Personality:
Eugene feels like she has the weight of the world on her shoulders damn near every day, and that's before adding to the fact that lives are literally in the hands of her and her surgeons. In truth, she's often jealous of her peers - and though she is the Chief of Surgery she does see the doctors and nurses of the staff as her peers (even interns, though she's not above giving them a bit of a hard time...traditions and all) - when said peers seem to be managing the hectic and stressful realities of the job with a seemingly normal social and romantic life. While not 'married to the job' she's well aware that the majority of her social interactions comes with dealing with patients who think they know better than the staff or from doctors trying to convince her to let them scrub in or sit in on surgeries or in dealing with the Board or God forbid legal and that takes its toll. While it's true she has a List of her opinions about the surgeons, she also respects them all individually. They've earned at least that much just by wearing and doing the scrubs proud. Eugene isn't nearly as stern and stoic as she is when dealing with the pressures of the job, but she would challenge anyone to be in her shoes and not go down the same path. Barring any blatant malpractice, Eugene will stick her neck out for her surgeons, and she's not a bad person to have in your corner for that.

History:

The only thing that matters with Eugene's history is her credentials, and that's all she typically talks about. She was born overseas, in Busan, but her family relocated to the States when her father's job at an automobile manufacturer needed an experienced hand to manage a new branch in America. Eugene, born Yunjin, didn't always want to be in the medical profession, there was a time where she figured working on cars like her dad would be fine, but the best bit of advice her parents gave her was not feeling the need to simply follow in their footsteps. In high school Yunjin thought she might like to be a cop after the school had a D.A.R.E. assembly. She still isn't sure why she opted to enter the medical program at the Pritzker School at her university but it was the right choice.

She did her internship and residency at Chicago Medical Center and she would have been happy to continue on at that hospital - but she heard about Jack Marshall and the idea of a competing hospital sounded promising - and put in to transfer to Caduceus Mercy where she has been for twelve years. She was chosen to be the new Chief of Surgery when the previous one stepped down; it was a bit of a hot gossip issue given that she was still seen as a bit inexperienced or young despite getting the promotion at forty, but she's proven to be a fine choice.

Anything else about Eugene she keeps mostly to herself. Except why she goes by Eugene, and that's because one of her earliest patients had difficulty saying 'Yunjin' and kept calling her 'Eugene'. Some of her peers thought it was funny and used it to poke fun. When the patient passed away, one of Yunjin's more formative patients in her career, she took to calling herself Eugene. She quite likes it.

Eugene has accomplished a good deal of the goals she had. Graduated with top honors. Survived her internship and residency.
Made Chief of Surgery just shy of forty. She's been published, technically, and she was in an article that was read by people who care enough to read articles about new hirings at a new hospital. One thing she hasn't done, which might well be the last thing on her list of goals, is a relationship. Marriage. For all her knowledge of medicine she is still, at post-40, ignorant on the finer points of dating and the like. She's never been married and her longest relationship was about a month. It's not at the front of her list of priorities,
though. She'd like to have Caduceus Memorial's reputation be number one but that's more a point of pride. She was sought out, after all, it's the least she could do to give back to the place that gave her a career even through the down times.

An often overly serious but ultimately well picked Chief of Surgery.

Zachary Lee Sinclair

May/27/1988 | 29 | London, UK.

Male | Closeted Homosexual

"Brit" | English | Agnostic | Moderate

Neurology Senior Night-Float

Dapper and debonair, whether in scrubs or a shirt & tie. Slim and slender, long and lanky, a runner's build on the lither side of sport usually helpful when running around the facilities on late night consult call. And despite his nickname, Zach's skin is far from the pale, coming in with a fair peach tone, combined with his expressive chocolate brows and quiff. The exquisite cheekbones, full lips, and defined jawline tipped with the slightest suggestion of scruff completes the tall, dark and handsome appeal in whatever he wears or isn't wearing. Although his steely grey-blue eyes gaze far deeper than most, looking past your optic disks and down the optic nerve straight into the brain to see the content of the mind. Perhaps it is these eyes and the highbrow that gives Zach his cerebral appearance. That or the sophistication he takes to meticulous grooming and attire, which merely add to the English Gentlemen mystique.

Evaluation Observations:
Never seems to leave the hospital. Zac gives off the illusion of living at the hospital as a resident ought to. A quiet man of diligence and mystery, an unspoken intellect keen to observe rather than speak. A few quips of wit sardonically tossed in so casually that they are easily missed amongst the tea-fueled frenzy of his work. Maybe it is the accent that he carries that lends to him an exotic charm, a gentlemanly sort of proper-ness that calms the airs around him by knocking them down a peg every time he opens his mouth and speaks in RP. Zac is a private man, he never quite speaks his mind, and would rather talk about someone else's brain and few actually know personal information about him as he gives out so little in what time he has to idly chat about himself. Most impressive is his ability to seemingly remember every patient and case under his service with such an amazing degree of accuracy. He would make for a brilliant attending, if he wasn't so nocturnal.

Actual Personality:
The international man of mystery conceal his secrets well. Few staff see him leaving for his apartment, only to return in a few hours. Fewer still are the friends that know the man behind the passive act, understanding his need to compartmentalize. It's easy to put on the mask at work, carrying on with stiff upper lip, but the bitter crash comes at the cost of his psyche. His insomnia stems from both inside and out, stresses which he copes with by working over hours. The patients he can do nothing about, gnaw at his physician's guilt though he never lets it show to others. And of course his hidden sexuality, which he fears will get him ousted by the powers that be. He's worked long and hard, and won't risk everything for a moment of truth. So why not feign interest in the ladies that fancy him? Better over-brewed tea than no tea at all.

What are dreams even? Simulation of waking events occurring in REM sleep? Or desires of the self projected into the illusion of reality? The fickle nature of a dream makes the memory nothing more than a grasp at falsehoods. But if there was such a thing as a future vision, the idolized goal in life which all must stride forward to, for Zach it would be to return to his native roots. Living out of the UK, out in the Welsh countrysides in a quiet early retirement with a partner. A rather modest goal for all the work put in, but then again it is the journey that is often more amazing than the end result. It is after all such a complex pathway the signal must travel in the brain to achieve an desired action as simple as such waving your hand hello.

Walking EMR & Neuro-Textbook and Possible Vampire or Zombie who never leaves the hospital

Mike Richards

June 22, 1983

Male, Closeted Bisexual

Foodie | Caucasian | American | Complicated | Stubborn

Head Nurse

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Evaluation Observations:
With a smile always on his face and someone who could easily occupy a stranger with small talk on any day, Mike is what you would stereotypically expect from your nurse. He's a person who always has their head popping in to make sure if everything is alright and has become a great addition to the atmosphere of CMH with his coworkers and patients who traffic through. With the way how he easily flows through different conversations marks him very much as a very sociable person, getting the opportunity to know a lot of the people who work at the hospital and if there are any newcomers.

Some would call him a bit too intrusive or be coming on too strong when they barely know Mike, coming from his attitude of treating everyone as if they were friends. But he easily adjusts himself when he finds out that people are getting uncomfortable with him, not minding the space that other people may need. To say the least, he is a common face that people get to see during their working hours, seeming to be everywhere with something occupying him yet finding the time to inquire on how someone is doing before whisking himself off if everything is okay. With him moving everywhere in the hospital, it is almost surprising if he doesn't forget about something during his shift. While a fairly common occurrence, he has only gotten reprimanded once, with his other peers covering for him and reminding him to not forget about it.

Outside of work he is quite the active person, having some sort of hobby to do that keeps him from having a lazy day off. There are several sports that he plays with friends that he has met over the mutual hobby, building a friendly group that competes with each other whenever they plan something. After a day of sweating himself out, he usually gets himself ready for another week of working, preparing everything he needs for the week in advance to make sure he doesn't procrastinate. If nothing is planned out later that night, he usually wraps the day up with something small to do and have a filling meal before heading early to bed if he can.

Actual Personality:
The best way to convince people is to have confidence backing what you are trying to achieve, which is something that Mike is quite capable of despite what may be rumbling underneath the surface. It betrays the underlying perception he has of himself, being quite critical and critiquing on his own performance that he finds unsatisfactory to the personal standards that were has placed for himself to achieve. Alongside people and especially his own co-workers, he feels pressure to do an exemplary job to keep the patients all content and cared for while they deal with their own job.

He is a bundle of stress that stretches and contorts but never leaves even when away from the workplace, having rarely the chance to unwind himself from the thoughts that harp against him should he wander too deeply in his own thoughts. "But why bring up personal issues, when other people have their own shit to worry about?" is the mentality he has when keeping these insecurities to himself since so long that he doesn't feel useless during the day keeps him distracted from nagging at himself too much. One of the few signs of his nervousness or tension is with his hands, tending to fidget or do some other motion which he tries to keep under wraps when something is on his mind.

While he is open to his peers about his feelings and what is currently on his, he usually mellows it down for them to make them not worry about it when they are curious. Preferring to make it not such a big deal, since they are in a hospital, there are more important things to worry about than him. The deeper routed issues of his own personality are left on the back burner to create more stains and messes that he cleans up but it is something livable right?

With him still having a lifetime of working still, his current goal is currently to make it to retirement without any significant scarring. In the meantime, just keeping himself intact and improving himself as an individual with a variety of things to make him more well-rounded.

Self Explanatory

Christopher Lewis Freeman

November 2nd
31

Male, heterosexual

English | Dyspraxic | Caucasian | INTJ | Atheist

Medical laboratory surgeon

Evaluation Observations:
Christopher is a dedicated worker to the point of insanity. Even when he's on his break, he'll try his best to do some research for a colleague. Upon speaking to him, he's sometimes rude and arrogant, expressing a lack of optimism about pretty much everything. Though he's renowned for being one of the best at what he does, nobody really knows that much about him. Unless you ask him for advice in an area he knows about, in which case he'll suddenly become oddly helpful, proud to be imparting his knowledge onto his peers.

Actual Personality:
When you get to know Christoper, it's not like he'll change much. He'll still be as straightforward and reclusive as when you first met him. However, he will try his best not to offend you. He doesn't mean to be offhand with people, but it's a defense mechanism he has, purely because he does not trust easily, combined with a strong sense of non-conformism. A close friend of his will know that, when he deems you worthy of his trust and respect, he becomes the ride-or-die type, absurdly loyal and showing immense kindness in rather subtle ways. Christopher craves human connection secretly, and would do anything to make sure he stay friends with the people he cares about.

Topher has two dreams: one he'll gladly tell anyone about, another that he prefers to keep to himself. He could talk for hours about his dream to run his very own, independent lab where he can pioneer whatever treaments come to his fancy.
The one he'll never talk about? Find a nice girl and start a family. But it's not like he deems that one possible.

The intense, lonely nerd who will get the job done no matter what.

Topher has dyspraxia. This means that he has poor hand-eye co-ordination, struggles articulating himself, and has no spatial awareness.