Dr. Katherine Pulaski

Dr. Katherine Pulaski comes aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC- 1701-D in 2365 to replace Dr. Beverly Crusher, who has left to take up a post as head of Starfleet Medical. Pulaski is an accomplished doctor who has served on the U.S.S. Repulse NCC-2544 and, earlier in her career, wrote 'Linear Models of Viral Propagation', which is the standard text on the topic. She is an expert heart surgeon. Dr. Pulaski often becomes very involved with her patients, and her compassion is one of her greatest attributes. The doctor is fond of saying that when her patients hurt, she hurts. She's been known to prescribe 'PCS' - Puiaski's Chicken Soup - to patients with a cold. She is an innovative and experienced doctor and is even familiar with old- fashioned treatments such as splints. For all her scientific knowledge and confidence, Dr. Pulaski worries that someday a transporter will scatter her molecules across the Galaxy, and she prefers to travel primarily on shuttlecrafts, in fact, she uses one when she transfets to the Enterprise. She has been married three times and remains on good terms with all of her former husbands. One of her most significant relationships is with Will Riker's father, Kyle, whom she cared for after he was nearly killed in a Tholian attack in 2353. She had never seen anyone fight so hard for his life. The two fell in love and she would have married him "in a cold minute" if he'd asked her to. But the often stubborn and arrogant Kyle Riker never did. When Dr. Pulaski heard of an opening on the Enterprise, she put in a request for a transfer at once. She is an admirer of Captain Jean-Luc Picard, and is well acquainted with his service record.

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by Mario Guatteri