27 Facts About Doug Ross

Doug Ross is a pediatric fellow, employed by the pediatric service, but works in the ER.

Doug Ross is later promoted to a pediatric attending in the ER.

Doug Ross appears from the pilot episode before departing in the fifth season episode "The Storm - Part II".

Doug Ross was raised by his mother, Sarah, after his father, Ray, abandoned their family.

In Season 1, Ross revealed to a patient that he had a son, and he tells nurse Wendy Goldman that he doesn't know his son's name as he's never seen him.

Doug Ross's estranged son was a large part of the reason that he became a pediatrician.

In Season 2, Doug Ross rescued a boy trapped in a flooding storm drain during a rainstorm.

Ray owns a ritzy hotel in Chicago, and Doug Ross lets his guard down a little, but is disappointed when his father offers to take him to a Chicago Bulls game and then stands him up.

Doug Ross later reveals that he and his mother were abused by his father.

Doug Ross later has an affair with Ray's girlfriend, a woman from whom Ray stole money, but ends the relationship when it becomes clear that she has many problems.

Doug Ross learns her name only after her death, which prompts him to stop sleeping around and make an effort to get back together with Carol Hathaway, the head nurse of the ER at County General.

Doug Ross's brashness leads him to confront parents he thinks are irresponsible, and in one instance he publicly assaults a man who had abused his daughter; Ross's counseling in that case just consists of a shrink telling him not to do that again.

Doug Ross is a passionate doctor who puts the welfare of his patients, especially children, above his medical career.

Doug Ross doesn't handle authority well, even when Mark is his boss.

Doug Ross is left on probation for 30 days and is supervised by Drs.

Doug Ross eventually gets the job, even though Greene and Weaver oppose his promotion because the position isn't necessary and the funds are needed elsewhere.

Doug Ross had earlier stolen Dilaudid from a pain-medication study and given it to the mother, only to be discovered by Weaver and Greene, who reprimand him but kept the incident private.

Doug Ross's clinic is later re-opened, but she has to report to her former assistant there.

Doug Ross was written out of the series because Clooney wished to focus on his expanding film career.

Doug Ross said that there wasn't any strong story in place for his character after Season 5.

Doug Ross appeared at the end of the penultimate episode of season 6, when Carol leaves Cook County to reunite with Ross in Seattle.

Doug Ross was reportedly asked to return briefly in season 8, to make an appearance in Anthony Edwards's last episode during Greene's funeral, but Clooney declined because he did not want his cameo appearance to overshadow the departure of a beloved character on the show.

Doug Ross received a draft of the script from a friend; he read it and became interested in the part.

Until he restarts and strengthens his relationship with head nurse Carol Hathaway, Doug Ross is shown to be a womanizing character who is involved with many women.

The character of Doug Ross is an iconic and popular character.

In 2004, Doug Ross was listed in Bravo's 100 Greatest TV Characters.

Doug Ross was listed in Wetpaint's "10 Hottest Male Doctors on TV" and in BuzzFeed's "16 Hottest Doctors on Television".