Medical officer
Medical officers are scientists who specialize in preserving health and treating disease. Most apply their knowledge practically by treating injuries and healing the sick. Others engage in research, much as any other scientist, searching for cures to disease, developing new treatments, and studying alien life forms. Starship medical officers often confront exotic maladies and find themselves on the forefront of disease outbreaks. While most medical officers tend, by the nature of their job, to be general practitioners, others concentrate on particular areas of medicine - surgery, pathology, forensics - or specific species.
Just as science officers investigate the Galaxy's mysteries, starship medical officers explore the mystery of life in all its diverse forms. On relief missions, they may be placed in charge of medical supplies bound for an ailing population or supervise planetwide inoculation efforts.
