Katherine Pulaski

Commander Kathernine Pulaski MD was a Starfleet physician whose myriad Starfleet experience included stints on starships, starbases and research facilities. She is perhaps best known for her brief stint as chief medical officer of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) in 2365.

Early Career
Pulaski was assigned to Starfleet Medical in San Francisco in 2353 when she first met Kyle Riker during Riker's rehabilitation after being severly injured by a Tholian attack on Starbase 311. Pulaski and Riker became romantically involved in a relationship that lasted just over a year. (TLE novel: Deny Thy Father)

In the year 2358, Pulaski became the CMO of the USS Repulse, under Captain Taggert. When the opportunity to serve on the fleets flagship, the USS Enterprise, Pulaski jumped at the chance. (computer game: Starship Creator: Warp)

Enterprise
Pulaski served as CMO of the Enterprise in the year 2365 when the ships previous CMO, Beverly Crusher, was given the position of Head of Starfleet Medical. (Star Trek: The Next Generation season two.)

When Crusher returned to the Enterprise in 2366, Pulaski was expecting to go to Deep Space Five to await her new posting. Her plans changed when the returning Crusher gave Pulaski an assignment from Starfleet Medical to get in touch with one of her former husbands, Bajoran doctor Kellec Ton, about a medical crisis in the Cardassian occupied Bajoran sector.

After the communication, Starfleet Medical obtained permission from the Cardassian prefect of the Bajoran sector, Gul Skrain Dukat, for Pulaski to lead a small medical team to research the unknown disease on the Terok Nor space station. Pulaski's researchers eventually identified the strange malady as a variation of the Double Helix virus that was designed to jumop between the various species inhabiting the station. With the identification of the disease, Pulaski was able to develop a cure. (TNG novel: Double Helix: Vectors)

The Repulse, Progress, and Phlox Institute
Following the Bajoran mission, Pulaski received orders to return to the Repulse, this time under the command of the original Captain Taggert's daughter, Captain Ariel Taggert.

Pulaski was on board the Repulse when that ship, the Enterprise and the USS Chekov took part in a three-way battle between Starfleet, the Borg, and an ancient alien Doomsday machine. (TNG novel: Vendetta)

After serving on the Repulse, Pulaski was transferred to the USS Progress under Captain David Gold until that vessels decommisioning in early 2370. From the Progress, Pulaski transferred to the newly commisioned Drema Station in orbit of Drema IV. (SCE eBook: Progress)

By late 2370, Pulaski was again serving on the Repulse. (TNG novelization: All Good Things)

By 2376, Pulaski was serving at the research facility known as the Phlox Institute. She was still serving there in late 2379, when she attended the wedding of former Enterprise shipmates William T. Riker and Deanna Troi. (SCE eBook: Progress, TNG novel A Time for War, A Time for Peace)