Here in San Andreas we have many wonderful doctors, working for SAMS but also working for the Harper Unit. You may be familiar with some of there names, but here is an overview of all local doctors in state. All of these doctors are on-call for when SAMS staff are busy or have headed to bed. They all have years of experience and are dedicated to making sure you get the best care possible.
Dr. Calvin Zelig - Pillbox Medical Hospital
Dr.Z. The big man, the OG. The whisper in the halls of Pillbox. The man who always forgets to do his homework because the nurses left a box of donuts on their station. Despite the rumors, Zelig is an extremely talented and experienced trauma surgeon, coming from Cologne, Germany. He received his Doctorate in Medicine then went on to do a surgical residency at Johns Hopkins University.
He has also received certification in Emergency Medicine and has been an ER doctor for over 15 years. With countless surgeries and successful medical interventions under his belt, it is no wonder every citizen in state will inevitably hear of the famous Dr.Z. He is friendly and loves to chat about his current to-be-read list, but has been known to never answer personal questions. His wife left him shortly after he got his first position as a resident ER doctor in San Andreas, claiming he was married to his work.
He’s a very handsome man despite his age; he’ll turn 57 this year but his face says he could only just be approaching his 40s. ~He has been compared to Mads Mikkelsen, but less intimidating. Nurses often whisper about his salt-and-pepper hair, but he takes no notice of fleeting crushes. Dr. Zelig is methodical, a trait he passes on to his students that pass through residency with him. He tends to double and triple check for injuries and quietly but carefully questions his patients to ensure they are leaving with all their concerns addressed.
Dr. Sandra Bremmer - Sandy Medical Centre
Dr. Bremmer is a native to Sandy Shores, only having fled the next to get her medical degree in UC Davis. The moment she received her degree she returned to San Andreas. She completed her trauma residency under Dr.Zelig back in the 2010s in the then Zonah Hospital. She always speak with such high regard for Zelig, some nurses have wagers she is the reason Zelig's wife left him, but this has never been confirmed and is something the both vehemently deny.
Bremmer is a small 5"2 woman with brown hair and very green eyes. Don't let her height fool you, there is a chair on standby for her at all times, when she needs to perch herself up and order around all emergency staff during an MCI. Despite her size, staff know not to mess with her or they will feel the full effects of her "teacher discipline". Bremmer's face is kissed with freckles and a bronzed tone from when she gets the chance to embrace the Sandy sunshine. She is not a "girly-girl" she wears her white coat and hair up, no makeup or nail polish. The only time her colleagues have seen her dress up was during Zelig's 10th anniversary at the hospital Gala, but we won't speculate about that...
Despite her reputation to raise her voice when she needs, Bremmer is extremely kind and considerate. She takes the time to listen to everyone who comes in, be that for a bump on the head or a punctured lung. She was shy and timid in her first years as director of Sandy, but she has grown into her roll with pride and respect from all colleagues. She has a particular passion for how neat her sutures are, some saying their scars from her work always fade away to nothing.
Dr. Axle Odin - Paleto Medical Centre
Dr. Odin has a more messy life story compared to the other doctors. Dr.Odin has rumors follow him from the past, of his family being in an MC. It was something Axle never wanted to be a part of, but always overheard his dad and older brothers talking about topics that make him grit his teeth. Something happened when Axle turned 20, which inspired him to move from Texas to Maryland to finally go to University. He worked the entire summer in the heat for a construction company to raise funds to sustain himself. He ended up enrolling in the Unified Services University for a great number of years and training to get his MD there.
He then graduated and began work as an operational medical officer for the US Navy. Odin worked many tours, throughout the conflicts in the Middle-East of the 2000s. He worked alongside US Marine units, and specialized in trauma surgery on the field. After returning to the US in 2011, Odin took a step back from his duties, after sustaining an injury to his face, which damaged his hearing in his left ear. Adjusting to the life of a regular citizen, he worked as a trauma specialist for Zelig for a few years, before the state decided to open an independent center in Paleto. Zelig asked Odin to take charge of this personally, to which Odin gladly agreed to, enjoying the peaceful nature of Paleto in comparison to the rush of Los Santos.
While it is not as well equipped as the other hospitals, and really only meant to be an urgent care clinic caring for minor illnesses and injuries, Dr. Odin makes a point to take in all injured without sending them on to Pillbox unless truly severe or in need of specialized equipment or ICU care, as he is skilled enough to care for all but the most grievous of wounds on his own. He looks much like you’d expect; many tattoos to commemorate his service to the country, close-cropped beard, black hair shot with copious greys he doesn’t bother to cover that is usually thrown back into a bun, but tends to escape his scrub cap.
Dr. Odin is very protective of any residents of Paleto, most especially those who have returned from active duty or those who wanted to pursue a career in the military but could not due to their own medical issues. He makes sure all staff feel safe, respected and just as important as he is.
Dr. Orla Kenny - Bollingbroke Infirmary
Dr.Kenny has recently moved to San Andreas, having lived and worked in Dublin, Ireland for most of her life. She is a woman in her early 40s, with ginger hair, brown eyes and fair skin. As soon as she finished school, she pursued her medical degree and did her training in the A+E of a major hospital in the city. She has a very large family, with 3 older brothers and one younger sister. She was the only sibling to have gotten the high-performance job she has. Kenny enjoyed her work, eventually doing residency in orthopedic surgery, taking a particular liking to new studies in bone-restoration. In her late 20s, Kenny's mother fell ill, which Kenny struggled to look after her between work and trying to get more than 6 hours of sleep.
Her mother sadly passed away and Kenny felt lost. She left her job and decided to go travelling for a few years. No matter what country she went to, she found herself observing medical systems in each country and felt guilty that she was not helping people that she knew she could. After meeting up with an old peer from University in Colorado, Kenny was inspired to return to medicine. She worked in Colorado for a few years as an Orthopedic surgeon of a hospital nearby to a max-security prison. She found the tension and issues with treating inmates really frustrating, as she saw them just as another patient and did not understand why other staff had some reason to see them as anything else. She kept quiet but always went above and beyond to ensure inmates that came through her wing were never in pain and made sure that the doctor of the prison knew everything they needed to do in order to keep patient recovery successful.
Kenny saw an opening for a new position in San Andreas, leading the infirmary of the state's prison. She decided to apply on a whim, thinking she wouldn't be successful. During her interview she gave an extremely passionate speech about how dedicated she was to patient care, regardless of someone's actions that lead them to be incarcerated. She was given the job offer on the spot. Since then Kenny has taken pride in expanding the medical care available to inmates in state. She ensures that everyone gets treatment, be that some vitamins or life-saving physiotherapy for their leg. She works alongside the likes of Calicom and Zelig and knows when she needs to refer someone out for specialist treatment.
Dr. Ashley Calicom - Harper Psychiatry Unit
Ashley is a British-American psychiatrist in her late 50s. She is a woman of structure but also of compassion. She is very "old-fashioned" in her practice, still using pen and paper for all note taking and sends hand-written letters to patients and the courts. She originally got her bachelors in psychology with the aim to pursue adolescence psychology in NYU. During a gap year before her masters, Ashley lived in a dingey apartment block in Brooklyn, working as an assistant to a clinical psychologist for those on parole. Ashley had a neighbor she knew had a record for drug-related crimes and petter larceny. Whenever Ashley would sit and talk to him, she found herself using what she had learnt in her studies to help him realize the patterns of his behaviors. She spent some money getting him into a rehab program and helped him get onto the path of sobriety. This experience changed her career path, she put into the work to get an MD in forensic psychiatry and then worked alongside the rehab center for just over a decade.
Calicom took pride in her work, helping many people achieve their goals of being able to come back from their mistakes in a healthy manner. Ashley married her colleague shortly after reaching 40. Calicom and her wife moved to California where they opened their own practice, her wife was an addiction specialist who helped many parents get custody back of their children. Calicom did more "heavy" work, she ended up helping many people in the prison system, who were already deemed too much for the state's therapy system. Calicom got into a messy case, where the patient ended up hurting not only Calicom but her wife also. This forced her to take a step back. She moved back to regular counselling, but felt unfulfilled professionally. Relationship issues and petty arguments were not what she wanted to listen to for the rest of her career.
After an old colleague had posted about the Harper Unit wanting to establish specialist psychiatric units, Calicom decided to take a leap. Her and her wife moved to San Andreas to work there. Calicom was one of the founding members of the Harper Psychiatry Unit. She has worked there for just over a decade, her office faces City Hall so she likes to think she is "watching over" everyone. Her office is plastered with plants and flowers, the dark wood desk seems to disappear into it all sometimes. Her office is welcoming to all patients but Calicom ensures if she has to do a digital session or go to the prison, that she has something with her to make her patients feel safe (she says this, but it is also just as much for herself).
Dr. Matteo Rodriguez - Harper Unit Primary Care Centre
Matteo spent the early years of his childhood in Mexico, before his parents moved his family up to Arizona. Matteo's family struggled to make ends meet and so Matteo had his first job at 15, in the summer vacation he worked as an errand-boy for the local mechanic shop. Matteo is incredibly hard-working and always drives to go the extra mile in any of his jobs. He excelled in high-school, doing AP biology and chemistry. He told his parents during his senior year that he wanted to try get into university. Of course he succeeded on a scholarship grant and became the first of his family in 2 generations to get a degree. He got his degree in pathology and pursued his MD and residency in internal medicine.
After graduating Matteo worked as a primary care provider in a local practice in the town over from where his parents lived. He soon gained a grand reputation for ensuring his patients got comprehensive treatment. He was also known for advocating for medical education amongst those working in the field. He wanted his patient to not only feel better, but understand the how and why of what they were dealing with. He put on monthly classes for parents to help them understand the common ailments of children and teens and he also did weekly round of a nursing home to do check-ups for residents that stayed there. He was always known and spoke to by his first name, it was "Dr. Matteo" not "Dr. Rodriguez".
Matteo's parents always thought the small towns he worked in were holding him back, that he had a greater purpose to serve. So when Matteo mentioned his old teacher has moved away to help develop the Harper Unit in San Andreas, he asked his parents if they were okay with him moving. They almost packed for him and cried tears of joy as Matteo went to be a Senior PCP at the Harper Unit. After working there for 5 years, Matteo is now the director of internal medicine at the Harper Unit. He has many different specialist staff beneath him that he knows exactly who to assign to patients. His office door still says "Dr.Matteo" and everybody knows that the sofa in his office is the comfiest and that he will always have a jar of cookies from the local bakery on his desk.
Dr. Calvin Zelig - Pillbox Medical Hospital
Dr.Z. The big man, the OG. The whisper in the halls of Pillbox. The man who always forgets to do his homework because the nurses left a box of donuts on their station. Despite the rumors, Zelig is an extremely talented and experienced trauma surgeon, coming from Cologne, Germany. He received his Doctorate in Medicine then went on to do a surgical residency at Johns Hopkins University.
He has also received certification in Emergency Medicine and has been an ER doctor for over 15 years. With countless surgeries and successful medical interventions under his belt, it is no wonder every citizen in state will inevitably hear of the famous Dr.Z. He is friendly and loves to chat about his current to-be-read list, but has been known to never answer personal questions. His wife left him shortly after he got his first position as a resident ER doctor in San Andreas, claiming he was married to his work.
He’s a very handsome man despite his age; he’ll turn 57 this year but his face says he could only just be approaching his 40s. ~He has been compared to Mads Mikkelsen, but less intimidating. Nurses often whisper about his salt-and-pepper hair, but he takes no notice of fleeting crushes. Dr. Zelig is methodical, a trait he passes on to his students that pass through residency with him. He tends to double and triple check for injuries and quietly but carefully questions his patients to ensure they are leaving with all their concerns addressed.
Dr. Sandra Bremmer - Sandy Medical Centre
Dr. Bremmer is a native to Sandy Shores, only having fled the next to get her medical degree in UC Davis. The moment she received her degree she returned to San Andreas. She completed her trauma residency under Dr.Zelig back in the 2010s in the then Zonah Hospital. She always speak with such high regard for Zelig, some nurses have wagers she is the reason Zelig's wife left him, but this has never been confirmed and is something the both vehemently deny.
Bremmer is a small 5"2 woman with brown hair and very green eyes. Don't let her height fool you, there is a chair on standby for her at all times, when she needs to perch herself up and order around all emergency staff during an MCI. Despite her size, staff know not to mess with her or they will feel the full effects of her "teacher discipline". Bremmer's face is kissed with freckles and a bronzed tone from when she gets the chance to embrace the Sandy sunshine. She is not a "girly-girl" she wears her white coat and hair up, no makeup or nail polish. The only time her colleagues have seen her dress up was during Zelig's 10th anniversary at the hospital Gala, but we won't speculate about that...
Despite her reputation to raise her voice when she needs, Bremmer is extremely kind and considerate. She takes the time to listen to everyone who comes in, be that for a bump on the head or a punctured lung. She was shy and timid in her first years as director of Sandy, but she has grown into her roll with pride and respect from all colleagues. She has a particular passion for how neat her sutures are, some saying their scars from her work always fade away to nothing.
Dr. Axle Odin - Paleto Medical Centre
Dr. Odin has a more messy life story compared to the other doctors. Dr.Odin has rumors follow him from the past, of his family being in an MC. It was something Axle never wanted to be a part of, but always overheard his dad and older brothers talking about topics that make him grit his teeth. Something happened when Axle turned 20, which inspired him to move from Texas to Maryland to finally go to University. He worked the entire summer in the heat for a construction company to raise funds to sustain himself. He ended up enrolling in the Unified Services University for a great number of years and training to get his MD there.
He then graduated and began work as an operational medical officer for the US Navy. Odin worked many tours, throughout the conflicts in the Middle-East of the 2000s. He worked alongside US Marine units, and specialized in trauma surgery on the field. After returning to the US in 2011, Odin took a step back from his duties, after sustaining an injury to his face, which damaged his hearing in his left ear. Adjusting to the life of a regular citizen, he worked as a trauma specialist for Zelig for a few years, before the state decided to open an independent center in Paleto. Zelig asked Odin to take charge of this personally, to which Odin gladly agreed to, enjoying the peaceful nature of Paleto in comparison to the rush of Los Santos.
While it is not as well equipped as the other hospitals, and really only meant to be an urgent care clinic caring for minor illnesses and injuries, Dr. Odin makes a point to take in all injured without sending them on to Pillbox unless truly severe or in need of specialized equipment or ICU care, as he is skilled enough to care for all but the most grievous of wounds on his own. He looks much like you’d expect; many tattoos to commemorate his service to the country, close-cropped beard, black hair shot with copious greys he doesn’t bother to cover that is usually thrown back into a bun, but tends to escape his scrub cap.
Dr. Odin is very protective of any residents of Paleto, most especially those who have returned from active duty or those who wanted to pursue a career in the military but could not due to their own medical issues. He makes sure all staff feel safe, respected and just as important as he is.
Dr. Orla Kenny - Bollingbroke Infirmary
Dr.Kenny has recently moved to San Andreas, having lived and worked in Dublin, Ireland for most of her life. She is a woman in her early 40s, with ginger hair, brown eyes and fair skin. As soon as she finished school, she pursued her medical degree and did her training in the A+E of a major hospital in the city. She has a very large family, with 3 older brothers and one younger sister. She was the only sibling to have gotten the high-performance job she has. Kenny enjoyed her work, eventually doing residency in orthopedic surgery, taking a particular liking to new studies in bone-restoration. In her late 20s, Kenny's mother fell ill, which Kenny struggled to look after her between work and trying to get more than 6 hours of sleep.
Her mother sadly passed away and Kenny felt lost. She left her job and decided to go travelling for a few years. No matter what country she went to, she found herself observing medical systems in each country and felt guilty that she was not helping people that she knew she could. After meeting up with an old peer from University in Colorado, Kenny was inspired to return to medicine. She worked in Colorado for a few years as an Orthopedic surgeon of a hospital nearby to a max-security prison. She found the tension and issues with treating inmates really frustrating, as she saw them just as another patient and did not understand why other staff had some reason to see them as anything else. She kept quiet but always went above and beyond to ensure inmates that came through her wing were never in pain and made sure that the doctor of the prison knew everything they needed to do in order to keep patient recovery successful.
Kenny saw an opening for a new position in San Andreas, leading the infirmary of the state's prison. She decided to apply on a whim, thinking she wouldn't be successful. During her interview she gave an extremely passionate speech about how dedicated she was to patient care, regardless of someone's actions that lead them to be incarcerated. She was given the job offer on the spot. Since then Kenny has taken pride in expanding the medical care available to inmates in state. She ensures that everyone gets treatment, be that some vitamins or life-saving physiotherapy for their leg. She works alongside the likes of Calicom and Zelig and knows when she needs to refer someone out for specialist treatment.
Dr. Ashley Calicom - Harper Psychiatry Unit
Ashley is a British-American psychiatrist in her late 50s. She is a woman of structure but also of compassion. She is very "old-fashioned" in her practice, still using pen and paper for all note taking and sends hand-written letters to patients and the courts. She originally got her bachelors in psychology with the aim to pursue adolescence psychology in NYU. During a gap year before her masters, Ashley lived in a dingey apartment block in Brooklyn, working as an assistant to a clinical psychologist for those on parole. Ashley had a neighbor she knew had a record for drug-related crimes and petter larceny. Whenever Ashley would sit and talk to him, she found herself using what she had learnt in her studies to help him realize the patterns of his behaviors. She spent some money getting him into a rehab program and helped him get onto the path of sobriety. This experience changed her career path, she put into the work to get an MD in forensic psychiatry and then worked alongside the rehab center for just over a decade.
Calicom took pride in her work, helping many people achieve their goals of being able to come back from their mistakes in a healthy manner. Ashley married her colleague shortly after reaching 40. Calicom and her wife moved to California where they opened their own practice, her wife was an addiction specialist who helped many parents get custody back of their children. Calicom did more "heavy" work, she ended up helping many people in the prison system, who were already deemed too much for the state's therapy system. Calicom got into a messy case, where the patient ended up hurting not only Calicom but her wife also. This forced her to take a step back. She moved back to regular counselling, but felt unfulfilled professionally. Relationship issues and petty arguments were not what she wanted to listen to for the rest of her career.
After an old colleague had posted about the Harper Unit wanting to establish specialist psychiatric units, Calicom decided to take a leap. Her and her wife moved to San Andreas to work there. Calicom was one of the founding members of the Harper Psychiatry Unit. She has worked there for just over a decade, her office faces City Hall so she likes to think she is "watching over" everyone. Her office is plastered with plants and flowers, the dark wood desk seems to disappear into it all sometimes. Her office is welcoming to all patients but Calicom ensures if she has to do a digital session or go to the prison, that she has something with her to make her patients feel safe (she says this, but it is also just as much for herself).
Dr. Matteo Rodriguez - Harper Unit Primary Care Centre
Matteo spent the early years of his childhood in Mexico, before his parents moved his family up to Arizona. Matteo's family struggled to make ends meet and so Matteo had his first job at 15, in the summer vacation he worked as an errand-boy for the local mechanic shop. Matteo is incredibly hard-working and always drives to go the extra mile in any of his jobs. He excelled in high-school, doing AP biology and chemistry. He told his parents during his senior year that he wanted to try get into university. Of course he succeeded on a scholarship grant and became the first of his family in 2 generations to get a degree. He got his degree in pathology and pursued his MD and residency in internal medicine.
After graduating Matteo worked as a primary care provider in a local practice in the town over from where his parents lived. He soon gained a grand reputation for ensuring his patients got comprehensive treatment. He was also known for advocating for medical education amongst those working in the field. He wanted his patient to not only feel better, but understand the how and why of what they were dealing with. He put on monthly classes for parents to help them understand the common ailments of children and teens and he also did weekly round of a nursing home to do check-ups for residents that stayed there. He was always known and spoke to by his first name, it was "Dr. Matteo" not "Dr. Rodriguez".
Matteo's parents always thought the small towns he worked in were holding him back, that he had a greater purpose to serve. So when Matteo mentioned his old teacher has moved away to help develop the Harper Unit in San Andreas, he asked his parents if they were okay with him moving. They almost packed for him and cried tears of joy as Matteo went to be a Senior PCP at the Harper Unit. After working there for 5 years, Matteo is now the director of internal medicine at the Harper Unit. He has many different specialist staff beneath him that he knows exactly who to assign to patients. His office door still says "Dr.Matteo" and everybody knows that the sofa in his office is the comfiest and that he will always have a jar of cookies from the local bakery on his desk.
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