Tuesday, 1 April 2008

Bob kelso

Bob Kelso is the chief of medicine for the hospital Sacred Heart. It was revealed in "My Growing Pains" that Kelso was born in 1942. He graduated twelfth in his class at Stanford University in 1968, although he had claimed to have graduated first in the class of 1972, until his lie was exposed by a patient using her Internet capable cellphone.
He always puts the long term interests of the hospital above the interests of any individual patient. In "My Jiggly Ball", Kelso kicks a poor patient out of a drug trial to make room for a rich patient. The poor patient dies, but the rich patient makes a donation to the hospital that allows them to fund free pre-natal care for poor single mothers. Dr. Cox objects to Kelso's cold decisions.
When Elliot Reid disagrees with Dr. Kelso on a medical decision in "My Hypocritical Oath", Kelso allows her to proceed with her preferred method of treatment. When it fails and the patient dies, Kelso tacitly praises her for making a bold decision, and refers to her as a colleague although he is quick to add "I hate my colleagues."
He is married, but he often speaks ill of his wife, Enid, and gleefully cheats on her. He prefers women from Southeast Asia. He does, secretly, care about his wife, as evidenced by the love songs he wrote for her in "My Tuscaloosa Heart". He reveals in "My Hard Labor" that Enid kicked him out of their home after finding out about one of his affairs.
Dr. Kelso drives a Cadillac he calls Bessie, which he is extremely fond of; he cries when he sees the damage another car does to it in "My New Old Friend". Dr. Kelso also drives a 2007 Mercedes-Benz convertible.
He was revealed in "My Growing Pains" to be 65, which is the hospital's retirement age. The board is actively searching for a replacement.

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