Chelsea General is home to some of the top surgeons in the world, thanks in large part to the hospital's notorious Monday morning morbidity and mortality - or "311" - conferences. In these legendary meetings, Chief of Staff Harding Hooten (Alfred Molina) leads a harsh, closed-door review of the complications encountered and mistakes made during the course of patient care.—Anonymous
World class brain surgeon Tyler Wilson relives the traumatic loss of his father in surgery when his best efforts fail to save pre-teen Brian Trottier with a late-diagnosed tumor. Obnoxiously paternalistic perfectionist Dr. Sung Park cures a bizarre syndrome by selective brain surgery. Dr. David '007' Martin loses his hospital privileges in grim chief of surgical staff Dr. Harding Hooten's feared weekly self-critical session.—KGF Vissers