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Houston
Medical
Episode Guide
Episode 1, June
18
Dr. Terri Major-Kincade
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Neonatologist
Terri
Major-Kincade fights to save a premature twin's life as his
agonized parents look on in the neonatal
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In the hospital,
Surgeon Mark
Henry performs a medical miracle for Conroe resident Donna
Purselly, who lost four fingers
in a machinery accident at work. At home, Henry and wife Maribel,
who hope to begin a family, deal with infertility.
Marnie
Rose, M.D., a young pediatrician embarking on a promising
career, suddenly becomes a patient when an MRI
reveals a brain tumor.
Meet Trauma
Surgeon Red
Duke...lifelong Texan, a doctor's doctor, and the founder
of the Life Flight air
ambulance program. See why he's a living legend at Memorial Hermann.
Sneak a peek
behind the scenes of the Pediatric Emergency Center as Nurse Kirk
Spencer catches a young thief in the act, and learn about Kirk's
remarkable career change.
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Episode
2, June 25
From the projects
of Chicago to The
University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Latricia Thompson,
who is also married and the mother of two, dreams of becoming a doctor.
But there are obstacles to be overcome.
A precocious five-year-old's
chronic
headaches lead his parents to seek help from Neurologist Ian
Butler and Pediatric Neurosurgeon James
Baumgartner. Watch as Jonathon and his family confront the terrifying
possibility of sudden death unless doctors can figure out what's
wrong.
Emergency Medicine
physician
Crystal Cassidy
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Meet
Emergency Medicine Physician Crystal
Cassidy...She left behind a career in real estate to take on
the fast-paced ER scene. The divorced mother of two hasn't looked
back.
It's the
last year of residency for the Emergency Center's Chief Billy
Gill, but tonight he faces the crossfire of a medical inquisition.
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And Dr. Marnie
Rose says goodbye to a former patient who is dying of cancer...and
makes a decision about her own future.
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Episode
3, July 2
They work
hard, they play hard...but the stress and strain take a toll on
one medical marriage.
She’s
an all-American mom- a resident of the west Houston suburbs. But
Mary
Sharkey’s world turns upside down when tests reveal she
has pancreatic cancer.
She determines it will not beat her...she will beat it.
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First-year medical
student
Latricia Thompson
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Stressed
to the breaking point, first-year medical student Latricia
Thompson
faces a career crisis, until a tragedy and a caring doctor provide
the inspiration she needs to go on.
A Houston
hero falls in the line of duty…and UT-Houston Medical
School trauma doctor James “Red” Duke and
vascular surgeon Hazim
Safi mobilize a group of surgeons to save motorcycle
officer Brad Turpin’s life and nearly severed limb.
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Episode 4, July 9
As time runs
out, trauma doctor Alicia
Mangram races to save a critically injured teen’s life.
Supermom Mary
Sharkey and Dr.
Craig Fischer begin a full assault to destroy the tumor
that is trying to destroy her.
Neurosurgeon
Bill Gormley
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Sandra
and Ken Smith turn to neurosurgeon Bill
Gormley when Ken’s brain
tumor requires another surgery.
Nurse Noel
Kowis and paramedic Patrick
Green have been living and loving together for
a couple of years, and now it’s time to pop the
question, but at the moment she’s been waiting
for, Noel confronts a crisis in the neonatal
intensive care unit.
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Outraged,
doctor and patient Marnie
Rose tries to stem the tide of a vicious rumor that
threatens to ruin her reputation.
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Episode
5, July 16
Lisa Hunt
's carefree life is suddenly interrupted by a devastating motorcycle
accident that kills the driver and nearly kills her. Her leg
shattered, Lisa begins a long journey of healing under the
care of Drs. Kevin
Coupe and Michael
Kent. But before her body can heal, Lisa must return to the
scene to confront the memories that still haunt her.
Pediatric
Neurologist
Jim Wheless
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Jonnathan
Harris is a little boy who just wants to be normal…but
debilitating epilepsy
will make that impossible unless Pediatric
Neurologist Jim Wheless can facilitate breakthrough
surgery.
Pancreatic
cancer patient Mary
Sharkey continues her treatment.
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After weeks of chemotherapy, Dr. Marnie Rose returns to work. But whether her weakness and paralysis will allow her to continue is another question -- especially when a new MRI reveals a mysterious glow.
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Episode
6, July 23
Dr.
Angela Earhart
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Meet
Dr. Angela Earhart, a hearing impaired medical student
at The
University of Texas Medical School at Houston. She
delivers a baby and learns she has been matched to the
hospital of her dreams for residency.
A paramedic
arrives at the scene of a car crash to find his own daughter
in the wreckage. Now it’s up to trauma surgeon Neel
Ware to save her life. A dramatic lesson in the dangers teenage
drivers face.
A broken
wrist that has failed to heal puts Quarterback Kelly
Robertson’s dreams of a pro career in question.
That is, unless Dr.
Mark Henry can repair the damage. And Dr. Henry
learns some other news that will change his life…and his
marriage.
Mary
Sharkey's miracle story continues to unfold. And Marnie faces
another challenge, when a biopsy reveals a new, aggressive
tumor. The fighting spirit of both remarkable women
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