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You may have recognized Dr. Oren Gottfried as Chicago Med’s neuro resident for five episodes of the show. But what you may have not known is he’s impressively a neurosurgeon in real life, as well.

In 2010, Dr. Oren Gottfried, now a neurosurgeon at Duke University, was hired to consult on the frothy USA drama Royal Pains (recently set for a reboot on NBC) about a concierge doctor in the Hamptons…

Television writer, producer, and showrunner Barbie Kligman shares how doctors like her father have inspired the various medical series she’s worked on over the years—including the new series Doc.

The Good Doctor was more than just another medical drama. As main character Dr. Shaun Murphy learns how to interact with patients and his colleagues at San Jose St. Bonaventure Hospital, his autism and savant syndrome necessarily factor in.

Set in Midland, Texas, it’s fitting that Taylor Sheridan’s hit show Landman does a lot of things Texas-big: oil rigs, explosions, egos and drama, to name a few. But there are also several sizable health topics woven throughout the show, whose characters have strong and at times controversial takes. Some health themes echo cultural shifts in how we think about the foods we eat, while others reflect potentially harmful misconceptions.

As COVID-19 continued to surge in July 2020, Brilliant Minds writer, executive producer, and showrunner Michael Grassi embarked on a deep dive into the life of famous neurologist Oliver Wolf Sacks and never looked back.

In the new series BRILLIANT MINDS, premiering on NBC Monday, September 23, with episodes then available for streaming on Peacock, Zachary Quinto stars as cranky but gifted New York neurosurgeon Oliver Wolf.

After Tristin Kate Smith, a 28-year-old emergency room nurse in Dayton, Ohio, took her own life on Aug. 7 of this year, her story went viral among nurses across the country after her father discovered a brutally honest letter she wrote before her death.

Doctors in pop culture have changed many times alongside the Americans who watch them, but one thing is for certain: They have never gone away and likely never will.