However, the figure in question was also heavily involved with the medical sitcom’s production.

These ten episodes capture how Scrubs irreverent sense of humor and emotional storytelling elevated the Zach Braff-led medical dramedy.

Doris is still a practicing physician to this day.

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According toKaiser Permanente, he works at Los Angeles Medical Center and specializes in cardiology.

As such, he dealt with a vast array of conditions and illnesses.

However, as the show went on, so did Doris' career.

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The non-heart-related conditions don’t vanish, but the ratio certainly shifts.

Thankfully, Bill Lawrence clearly wasn’t content with that approach.

He allowed the characters to face real peril thanks to conditions rooted in reality.

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Scrubs is a Sitcom and Medical Comedy/Drama created by Bill Lawrence that follows a group of medical students throughout their daily lives at the Sacred Heart Teaching Hospital. The series stars Zach Braff, Sarah Chalke, and Donald Faison, as they work their way up from Medical Interns while juggling all sorts of hospital shenanigans.

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