Top 10 TV Doctors

Jack Shephard



Years in practice: 2004 to 2009 on ABC’s Lost

Specialty: Spinal surgery

Hospital affiliation: St. Sebastian in Los Angeles

Dr Mark Sloan in Diagnosis Murder

Dr Quincy in Quincy

Marcus Welby



Years in practice: 1969 to 1976 on ABC’s Marcus Welby, M.D.

Specialty: Internal medicine

Hospital affiliation: None

Leonard 'Bones' McCoy



Years in practice: 1966 to 1969 on NBC’s Star Trek

Specialty: Internal medicine

Hospital affiliation: None

Hawkeye Pierce



Years in practice: 1972 to 1983 on CBS’s M*A*S*H

Specialty: Surgery

Hospital affiliation: 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in South Korea

Heathcliff Huxtable



Years in practice: 1984 to 1992 on NBC’s The Cosby Show

Specialty: Ob-gyn

Hospital affiliation: None

Trapper John



Years in practice: 1979 to 1986 on CBS’ Trapper John, M.D.

Specialty: Surgery

Hospital affiliation: San Francisco Memorial Hospital

Doogie Howser



Years in practice: 1989 to 1993 on ABC’s Doogie Howser, M.D.

Specialty: Surgery

Hospital affiliation: Eastman Medical Center in Los Angeles

James Kildare



Years in practice: 1961 to 1966 on NBC’s Dr. Kildare

Specialty: Internal medicine

Hospital affiliation: Blair General Hospital in New York City

Ben Casey



Years in practice: 1961 to 1966 on ABC's Ben Casey

Specialty: Neurosurgery

Hospital affiliation: County General

Phillip Chandler



Years in practice: 1982 to 1988 on NBC’s St. Elsewhere

Specialty: Internal medicine

Hospital affiliation: St. Eligius Hospital in Boston

Joel Fleischman



Years in practice: 1990 to 1995 on CBS’s Northern Exposure

Specialty: General practice

Hospital affiliation: None

Michaela Quinn



Years in practice: 1993 to 1998 on CBS’s Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

Specialty: Internal medicine

Hospital affiliation: None

Jeffrey Geiger



Years in practice: 1994 to 1995, 1999 to 2000 on CBS’s Chicago Hope

Specialty: Cardiothoracic surgery

Hospital affiliation: Chicago Hope

Doug Ross



Years in practice: 1994 to 1999, 2009 on NBC’s ER

Specialty: Pediatrics

Hospital affiliation: County General in Chicago

Kathryn Austin



Years in practice: 1995 to 1999 on CBS’s Chicago Hope

Specialty: Cardiothoracic surgery

Hospital affiliation: Chicago Hope

Elizabeth Corday



Years in practice: 1997 to 2004, 2009 on NBC's ER

Specialty: Surgery

Hospital affiliation: County General in Chicago

Sydney Hansen



Years in practice: 1999 to 2002 on NBC’s Providence

Specialty: Plastic surgery, family medicine

Hospital affiliation: None

J.D. Dorian



Years in practice: 2001 to 2009 on NBC’s Scrubs

Specialty: Surgery

Hospital affiliation: Sacred Heart in California

Sean McNamara



Years in practice: 2003 to 2010 on FX’s Nip/Tuck

Specialty: Plastic surgery

Hospital affiliation: None

Christian Troy



Years in practice: 2003 to 2010 on FX’s Nip/Tuck

Specialty: Plastic surgery

Hospital affiliation: None

Greg House



Years in practice: 2004 to present on House M.D.

Specialty: Nephrology and infectious disease

Hospital affiliation: Princeton Plainsboro in New Jersey

Derek Shepherd



Years in practice: 2005 to present on ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy

Specialty: Neurosurgery

Hospital affiliation: Seattle Grace

Miranda Bailey



Years in practice: 2005 to present on ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy

Specialty: Surgery

Hospital affiliation: Seattle Grace

Addison Montgomery



Years in practice: 2007 to present on ABC’s Private Practice

Specialty: Ob-gyn and maternal-fetal medicine

Hospital affiliation: None