Medical dramas have been a TV staple for years, entrancing viewers with high-stakes procedures, moving patient narratives, and complicated interpersonal dynamics.

When you think of the main ensemble of your favorite TV series, how closely does the picture in your mind resemble what the cast looked like when it debuted? The term “Cousin Oliver Syndrome” ...

He's the maverick medic who loved to confound the medical establishment with his brilliant, unorthodox diagnoses.