17 Facts About Bob Kelso

Bob Kelso is the chief of medicine for Sacred Heart Hospital for the first seven seasons of Scrubs, though he resigns in the episode "My Dumb Luck".

Bob Kelso has a secret love child, Trong Tri Bob Kelso, by a Vietnamese woman he had an affair with during his tour in Vietnam.

The elder Bob Kelso was apparently less generous to his own family and he left the family on Bob Kelso's own bicycle.

Bob Kelso attended medical school at Stanford University, graduating in 1968.

Bob Kelso was in the United States Navy SEALs during the Vietnam War.

The hospital board of directors begins actively searching for a replacement, but Bob Kelso's forced retirement is headed off with the help of the staff.

Bob Kelso then decides to retire on his own terms, after reminiscing with Boon, a new intern, outside of the hospital.

Now that Bob Kelso was no longer a hospital bureaucrat, he reveals himself actually to be a decent human being; he becomes Dr Cox's confidant, as Cox cannot talk to anyone else about how much he hates his new job.

In "My Finale", Bob Kelso decides to become a part-time doctor again and leave Sacred Heart for good.

Bob Kelso has a well-hidden compassion for all his patients, his coworkers, and even his employees.

Bob Kelso has claimed in the past to be indifferent to the fact that so many people dislike him, but Cox has noted that deep down Kelso does not like to be thought of as the most hated person in the hospital.

In one episode, Bob Kelso reveals that he has always known that his subordinates find ways to treat uninsured people, but pretends not to know to keep the system running and to benefit a friend, Maggie Kent, who has a foot injury.

For example, when the admission of Iraq War veteran Private Brian Dancer sparks political debate with the staff of Sacred Heart to the point that his health is endangered, Bob Kelso removes the employee discount at the hospital's coffee shop in order to unite the staff once more by giving them someone to hate.

Bob Kelso is shown having to make hard choices that take an emotional toll on him.

Bob Kelso becomes Cox's confidant about how much Cox hates his new job, and even starts a "secret friendship" with him.

Bob Kelso encourages JD and Elliott to rekindle their relationship.

Scholars and other authors studying television have used the character of Bob Kelso to explore medical ethics, as an example of "the antithesis of positivity in the workplace," and other issues.