No matter how you feel it's the patients that matter.ĭuring his time as a student, Carter often finds himself at odds with Benton, though it is clear Benton does care about him. Greene delivers a monologue that Carter will later echo to Archie Morris, telling him that there are two kinds of doctors: the kind that hide their feelings and succumb to them, and those that get rid of their feelings. Carter leaves to sit outside in the ambulance bay, where Greene finds him. However, he becomes unexpectedly sick while attending to a car crash victim, as he is unused to seeing actual medical trauma firsthand.

On his first day he is introduced to the hospital by Benton. Carter is assigned to resident Peter Benton, but is also unofficially mentored by Mark Greene. As a medical student, Carter is not always the most gifted physician, but he is very dedicated and compassionate with his patients. In season 1, Carter mentions that he received his undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania, where he competed on the wrestling team.Ĭarter in the ER Season 1 premiere episode, '24 Hours'.Ĭarter comes to County General as a third year medical student. His grandmother also eventually came around to the idea of Carter practicing medicine, even going so far as to help fund a clinic at County (though this is arguably due to the efforts of Carol Hathaway.)

Despite his family's antipathy towards his career choice, for the first few seasons Carter had few, if any, financial worries. Carter also had a positive relationship with his grandmother, whom he calls 'Gamma.' Carter's family did not support his decision to practice medicine in an inner-city hospital, preferring instead that he devote more time to the family's philanthropic endeavors. It was his brother's death that made Carter want to practice medicine. This fractured Carter's relationship with his mother, who was left traumatized by the loss of one son and responded by pulling away from the other. When Carter was a child, his brother died of leukemia. In earlier seasons, Carter mentions he has a sister, but this singular mention is the only indication given of her existence. His brother made him promise not to tell their parents however, it's revealed their mother was aware of the incident. At one point, Carter tells a story in which he and his brother were playing in a tree, and Carter was accidentally pushed off. Carter had a brother, Bobby, with whom he had a good relationship. His father was once estimated to be worth US$178 million, although in later seasons there are hints that this is only a fraction of the family's total net worth. John Truman Carter III was born on June 4, 1970.

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