Peter White (Terence Knox) was a particularly troubled young doctor who, after experiencing marriage difficulties, turned rapist and was eventually shot dead by Nurse Daniels (Ellen Bry).
While overcrowding and understaffing caused Boston public hospital St Eligus to be viewed as a place of last resort and a dumping ground for patients not wanted by the higher-class and more expensive medical facilities in Boston, “St Elsewhere” (as the hospital was known) hung together by virtue of its strong, dedicated staff of professionals.ĭr Westphall (Ed Flanders) was the chief of staff, a seasoned doctor and father figure to the young interns and residents completing their training there Dr Craig (William Daniels), an egotistical heart surgeon who was a brilliant doctor, but totally oblivious to his patients’ feelings and Dr Auschlander (Norman Lloyd), a veteran physician who found he must fight his own battle with cancer.Īmong the younger doctors, Dr Samuels (David Birney) was a free spirit who had slept with practically every nurse in the hospital Dr Fiscus (Howie Mandel) was having an affair with pathologist Cathy Martin (Barbara Whinnery), who insisted on making love on a slab in the morgue among the sheet-draped corpses Dr Morrison (David Morse) was so dedicated to his work that he neglected his young wife, who died tragically in 1983 Cavanero (Cynthia Sikes) tended to become too involved with her patients Dr Axelrod (Stephen Furst) was constantly fighting obesity, and Dr Chandler (Stephen Furst) was always afraid he did not quite measure up to the high standards of medicine.Ĭontinuing stories included Auschlander’s coming to terms with his own illness, Nurse Rosenthal (Christina Pickles) and her breast surgery, and Ehrlich’s (Ed Begley Jr) gradual progression from a bright but inexperienced young graduate to a confident doctor and new husband.
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