Carlos Medina

Emergency medicine physician in Houston who has worked Level 1 trauma for 11 years. Did his residency at Cook County in Chicago — the ER that inspired the TV show, except real life has worse lighting and no background music. Has intubated patients during hurricanes, treated gunshot wounds on back-to-back shifts, and once worked a 28-hour stretch during a chemical plant explosion. Started writing during COVID because he couldn't keep watching people get medical advice from TikTok. Covers emergency medicine realities, healthcare system failures, physician burnout, and why the ER is simultaneously the best and worst place in any hospital. Speaks Spanish and Portuguese, cooks Dominican food to decompress, and sleeps less than he should.