List of Chicago Med Characters

 

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• Nick Gehlfuss as Dr. Will Halstead, a former plastic surgeon, who at the start of the series becomes an ED supervising attending physician. He is originally from Chicago and is the older brother of Chicago P.D.character Detective Jay Halstead. He was engaged to Dr. Natalie Manning from seasons three to four.^[4]
• Yaya DaCosta as April Sexton (seasons 1–6), a first-generation Brazilian-American ED nurse. She has a younger brother, Noah, who began as a third-year medical student at the hospital. She is also a childhood friend of Chicago Firecharacter Lieutenant Kelly Severide. In the sixth season, she applies and gets accepted into a nurse practitioner program in order to do more in caring for patients and in the seventh-season premiere "You Can't Always Trust What You See", it is revealed that she has started the program.
• Torrey DeVitto as Dr. Natalie Manning (seasons 1–7), an ED pediatrician who did a fellowship in emergency medicine in the first season and becomes an attending in the emergency pediatrics division in the fifth season. She is a widow, coping with the loss of her husband, Jeff, who was killed in action while serving in the U.S. military. In the first-season episode "Bound", she gives birth to her son Owen. In the seventh-season premiere "You Can't Always Trust What You See", she is fired by Sharon Goodwin and moves back to Seattle with Owen after admitting that she stole drugs from her ex-fiancé Dr. Will Halstead's trial for her sick mother.
• Rachel DiPillo as Dr. Sarah Reese (seasons 1–3; guest season 4), originally a fourth-year medical student, who does not feel inclined to emergency medicine, and would rather become a pathologist. After she graduates from medical school, she changes her mind about being a pathologist and becomes a resident in psychiatry. In the fourth-season premiere "Be My Better Half", she transfers from Chicago Med to Baylor after Dr. Daniel Charles finds out her father is a suspected serial killer and they have a falling out.
• Colin Donnell as Dr. Connor Rhodes (seasons 1–5), a cardio-thoracic fellow from Chicago, who spent some time in Riyadh following his residency. In the first season, he is a trauma surgery fellow, but switches his specialty to cardio-thoracic. In the fifth-season premiere "Never Going Back to Normal", he leaves Med, and Chicago completely for a fresh start after the deaths of his father Cornelius Rhodes and his rival, and ex-girlfriend Dr. Ava Bekker, who committed suicide after murdering Cornelius to win Connor back.
• Brian Tee as LCDR Dr. Ethan Choi, United States Navy Reserve, the Chief of Emergency Medicine and former ED chief resident with an expertise in infectious diseases, who just returned to the United States after serving on the USS Carl Vinsonas a medical officer.
• S. Epatha Merkerson as Sharon Goodwin, a former OR nurse and the Chief of Patient and Medical Services (chief administrator) of Gaffney Chicago Medical Center.
• Oliver Platt as Dr. Daniel Charles, the chief of the psychiatry department, who is usually tasked with helping the other doctors deal with the psychological nuances of medicine or difficult patients. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania.
• Marlyne Barrett as Maggie Lockwood (season 1–present), the ED's charge nurse who is not afraid to speak her mind when it comes to schooling the residents.^[5][6] In the fifth season, she is diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer, but is later cured and she marries former cancer patient Ben Campbell.
• Norma Kuhling as Dr. Ava Bekker (seasons 3–5; recurring season 2), a South African trauma surgeon. She butts heads with Dr. Connor Rhodes on professional boundaries, and eventually their rivalry becomes a romantic relationship, which eventually ends after Connor's father alleges that Ava seduced and slept with him to persuade him to fund Connor's hybrid OR. In the fourth-season finale "With a Brave Heart", Connor turns her down in reconciling their relationship and then suspects her of killing his father. In the fifth-season premiere "Never Going Back to Normal", she commits suicide after admitting to killing Connor's father in a last-ditch effort to win him back.
• Dominic Rains as Dr. Crockett Marcel (season 5–present), a new trauma surgeon fellow at Chicago Med.
• Steven Weber as Dr. Dean Archer (season 7; recurring season 6), an experienced emergency physician and Dr. Ethan Choi's former Navy mentor.
• Guy Lockard as Dr. Dylan Scott (season 7), a new ED pediatrician. He is a former Chicago police officer, who switched his career to medicine.
• Kristen Hager as Dr. Stevie Hammer (season 7), a new attending physician, who has a past with Dr. Will Halstead.

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• Julie Berman as Dr. Samantha "Sam" Zanetti (season 1), an attendingtrauma surgeon who briefly dates Dr. Connor Rhodes^[7]
• Deron J. Powell as Tate Jenkins (seasons 1–2), a retired NFL player who begins dating Nurse April Sexton when she helps treat his son in season one. They become engaged in season two, but break it off shortly after she is infected with tuberculosis and miscarries their child.
• Jeremy Shouldis as Dr. Marty Peterson (Season 1-present), an anesthesiologist with a silky, deep voice.
• Peter Mark Kendall as Joey Thomas, a lab tech who dates Dr. Sarah Reese in seasons one and two.^[8]
• Roland Buck III as Dr. Noah Sexton (seasons 1–6), a first-year ED resident and Nurse April Sexton's younger brother. In the sixth-season episode "When Your Heart Rules Your Head", he is fired by Dr. Ethan Choi for negligence, which causes Dr. James Coleman's death and he leaves Chicago to take over Dr. Coleman's clinic in Atlanta.
• Brennan Brown as Dr. Sam Abrams, a blunt attending neurosurgeon.^[9]
• Gregg Henry as Dr. David Downey (season 1), a high-profile heart surgeon who takes an interest in Dr. Connor Rhodes, and dies of cancer in the first-season finale "Timing".^[10]
• D. W. Moffett as Cornelius Rhodes (seasons 1–4), the father of Dr. Connor Rhodes. He runs the family business Dolen Rhodes, a high-end department store started by his father. Connor's choice to go into medicine lead to a bitter estrangement between father and son. He is murdered by Dr. Ava Bekker, Dr. Rhodes' ex-girlfriend, via insulin overdose in fourth-season episode "Forever Hold Your Peace" in an attempt to win Dr. Rhodes back, which is revealed later in the fifth-season premiere "Never Going Back to Normal", resulting in Dr. Bekker's suicide.
• Christina Brucato as Claire Rhodes (season 1), the sister of Dr. Connor Rhodes.
• Lorena Diaz as Nurse Doris (season 1–present), ED nurse.
• Casey Tutton as Nurse Monique (season 2–present), ED nurse.
• Amanda Marcheschi as Nurse Dina (season 1-present), ICU charge nurse, sometimes assists in surgical ward.
• Jeff Hephner as Jeff Clarke (seasons 1–2), a medical student, former Marine and Iraq veteran and Dr. Natalie Manning's old family friend. Clarke was briefly a firefighter at Firehouse 51 before returning to medical school after an injury. Clarke briefly dates Natalie until he confesses her late husband did not approve of his feelings for her. Clarke matches with a hospital in Honolulu, Hawaii after graduating medical school.
• Ato Essandoh as Dr. Isidore Latham (season 2–present), the attending cardio-thoracic surgeon who supervises Dr. Connor Rhodes' fellowship after Dr. Downey's death from seasons two to five when Connor leaves Chicago Med. Latham has autism spectrum disorder, which sometimes makes it difficult for him to understand the emotional responses of the medical staff.
• Mekia Cox as Dr. Robyn Charles (seasons 2–5), an epidemiologist and Dr. Daniel Charles' previously estranged daughter. She dates Dr. Connor Rhodes from seasons two to three.
• Eddie Jemison as Dr. Stanley Stohl (seasons 2–4), the chief of the emergency department, derisively referred to as "The Troll" by the staff because of his condescending and publicity-courting ways. He is fired from Chicago Med after an arbitrary decision by Gaffney Chicago Medical Center's COO.
• Alexandra Grey as Denise Lockwood (season 2–present), Nurse Maggie Lockwood's transgender sister.
• James Vincent Meredith as Barry (season 3), a paramedic who is Nurse Maggie Lockwood's on-again/off-again ex-boyfriend.
• Nate Santana as Dr. James Lanik (season 3–present), Chief of Trauma Surgery, formerly the interim head of the Emergency Department.
• Michel Gill as Robert Haywood (seasons 3–4), Dr. Sarah Reese's estranged father who was an astrophysics professor and a suspected serial killer.
• Arden Cho as Emily Choi (seasons 3–4), Dr. Ethan Choi's younger previously estranged recovering–drug addict sister.
• Molly Bernard as Dr. Elsa Curry (season 4–present), a first-year ED resident who ends up working closely with Dr. Daniel Charles.
• Ian Harding as Phillip Davis (seasons 4–5), a widowed father who is left to raise his daughter alone after his wife dies from an aneurysm in childbirth. He dates Dr. Natalie Manning from seasons four to five.
• Jodi Kingsley as DCFS Officer Madeline Gastern (season 1-present), a Department of Child and Family Services social worker attached to Gaffney Medical Center
• Tehmina Sunny as Dr. Sabeena Virani (season 6), a cardiologist who supervises a clinical trial for a new medication and approaches Dr. Will Halstead to lead the project.^[11]
• Asjha Cooper as Dr. Vanessa Taylor (season 6–present) is a senior medical student who initially has friction with Maggie due to her being her biological mother and she doesn't want anyone to know.
• Sarah Rafferty as Dr. Pamela Blake (season 7), is a transplant surgeon who has friction with Dr. Marcel after he did not want her daughter to be operated on.
• Bonita Friedericy as Terri Hammer (season 7), is the mother of Dr. Hammer.
• Michael Rady as Dr. Matt Cooper (season 7), is a doctor who uses Vas-com a lot and who Will is investigating to find out if he is doing illegal use in the hospital.
• Johanna Braddy as Avery Quinn (season 7) is the daughter of Dr. Pamela Blake who has an interest in Dr. Marcel.