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* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Casey, and all but invoked in 3.12 "Things Fall Apart" when Bloom, [[spoiler:admitted to the hospital with serious injuries from the chemical spill in the ED]], tearfully admits to him that she can't do this work without him. He immediately reneges on his earlier-stated plans to take a job at a different hospital.
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* MarriedToTheJob: His demanding job, workaholic nature, and insistence upon always going well beyond the job description, even when he has a pregnant wife and is dying of cancer, wreak havoc on his relationship with his wife and later daughter.


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* {{Workaholic}}: So much so that Casey is shocked when he's not present, pointing out that "[Goodwin] is ''always'' here".


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* {{Workaholic}}: So dedicated to her job that she didn't take any vacation at all for years and her coworkers were shocked to see her not there.
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* GeniusDitz: He is an extremely competent doctor that pays little attention to the parts of his job not immediately connected to patient care and is wildly impulsive, not always great at taking people's feelings into consideration before steamrolling them, and downright bad at managing his personal life.

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* GeniusDitz: He is an extremely competent doctor that pays little attention to the parts of his job not immediately connected to patient care and is wildly impulsive, not always great at taking people's feelings into consideration before steamrolling them, so terrible a receptionist in the time he was waiting for his UK medical license to arrive that Sharpe fired him, and downright bad at managing his personal life.
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* Determinator: Max ''never'' gives up, on anything. At one point after he nearly collapses in the lobby while carting around a box of supplies, a nurse asks him if he needs a wheelchair. Cut to him using the wheelchair as a cart for the supplies.

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* Determinator: {{Determinator}}: Max ''never'' gives up, on anything. At one point after he nearly collapses in the lobby while carting around a box of supplies, a nurse asks him if he needs a wheelchair. Cut to him using the wheelchair as a cart for the supplies.

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* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: Goodwin, as medical director, comes in and completely shakes up the status quo at New Amsterdam, so much so that he fires all but one cardiac surgeon and many more senior staff immediately walk out because of the changes he makes.

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* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: Goodwin, as medical director, comes Determinator: Max ''never'' gives up, on anything. At one point after he nearly collapses in and completely shakes up the status quo at New Amsterdam, so much so lobby while carting around a box of supplies, a nurse asks him if he needs a wheelchair. Cut to him using the wheelchair as a cart for the supplies.
* GeniusDitz: He is an extremely competent doctor
that he fires all but one cardiac surgeon and many more senior staff pays little attention to the parts of his job not immediately walk out because of the changes he makes.connected to patient care and is wildly impulsive, not always great at taking people's feelings into consideration before steamrolling them, and downright bad at managing his personal life.
* GoodIsNotSoft: Max is a good man that cares about his patients' health and well being more than anything else. He will also threaten, blackmail, manipulate, and outright break laws in order to achieve his goals.



* HeroWithBadPublicity: He begins the series with nurses concerned about all the people he fired when he was running a clinic in Chinatown.



* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: Goodwin, as medical director, comes in and completely shakes up the status quo at New Amsterdam, so much so that he fires all but one cardiac surgeon and many more senior staff immediately walk out because of the changes he makes.



A resident in the Emergency Department, and a good friend of Bloom's.

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A resident nurse in the Emergency Department, and a good friend of Bloom's.

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A member of New Amsterdam's legal team. Reynolds' girlfriend, later fiancé.

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A member of New Amsterdam's legal team. Reynolds' girlfriend, later fiancé.fiancée.


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* PutOnABus: Between seasons one and two. There's a throwaway line about her taking a desk job with regular hours, and thus won't be back at New Amsterdam.

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* CatchPhrase: Goodwin's: "How can I help?", which are also ArcWords.

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* CatchPhrase: Goodwin's: "How can I help?", which are also the show's ArcWords.



* ParentalSubstitute: When she and Max become a couple, Helen becomes a mother figure for Luna. Max even teaches his daughter to call Helen "Mum".



* DeathByIrony: After narrowly surviving her daughter's home birth, Georgina dies on route to the hospital when her ambulance gets in an accident.

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* DeathByIrony: After narrowly surviving her daughter's home birth, Georgina Georgia dies on route to the hospital when her ambulance gets in an accident.



* Was a ClosetKey for her girlfriend Lauren.

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* Was a ClosetKey ClosetKey: Lauren's feelings for her girlfriend Lauren.are the first time she shows attraction for a woman.
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* NotSoDifferent: There's an element of this when he and Sharpe get together.
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* PutOnABus: Kapoor departs New Amsterdam after his battle with COVID severely damaged his heart.
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Leyla Shinwari is a trained doctor and was one in Pakistan but moved to the United States so she has to retrain there before she can practice again. She is Lauren Bloom's girlfriend and lives with her.

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Leyla Shinwari is a trained doctor and was one in Pakistan but moved since moving to the United States so she has is having to retrain there before she can practice again. She is Lauren Bloom's girlfriend and lives with her.
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* AmbiguouslyBi: Mentions a former relationship with Floyd Reynolds in the pilot, has sex with her male physical therapist in Season 2, [[spoiler: and enters a relationship with Leyla Shinwari in Season 3]].
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* Was a ClosetKey: for her girlfriend Lauren.

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* Was a ClosetKey: ClosetKey for her girlfriend Lauren.
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* Is a ClosetKey: for her girlfriend Lauren.Lauren.
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!!Leyla Shinwari
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Leyla Shinwari is a trained doctor and was one in Pakistan but moved to the United States so she has to retrain there before she can practice again. She is Lauren Bloom's girlfriend and lives with her.
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* InnocentlyInsensitive: It's undeniable that Max always means well, but his missions of goodwill often step on more toes than what he's trying to fix already does.



* CastingGag: This is not the first time Creator/FreemaAgyeman has played someone [[Series/DoctorWho with medical training.]]

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* CastingGag: This is not the first time Creator/FreemaAgyeman has played someone [[Series/DoctorWho with medical training.]]training]].



* MaternallyChallenged: Revealed as such after becoming the legal guardian of her niece Meena. Sharpe struggles to connect, and flip-flops between too controlling and too lenient.



* HappilyAdopted: Dr. Frome and his husband have adopted multiple children from Bangladesh and they all live happily in their cozy New York apartment with two dogs.

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* HappilyAdopted: GoodParents: Dr. Frome and his husband have adopted multiple children from Bangladesh and they all live happily in their cozy New York apartment with two dogs.



* FatalFlaw: Unsurprisingly for an addict, Bloom sucks at keeping balance in her life. She's either all in or all out.



* DarkAndTroubledPast: Implied to have one when it’s revealed he was previously arrested.

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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Implied to have one when it’s it's revealed he was previously arrested.



A resident in the Emergency Department, and a good friend of Bloom’s.

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A resident in the Emergency Department, and a good friend of Bloom’s.Bloom's.



* NiceGuy: He’s great with colleagues and patients alike.

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* NiceGuy: He’s He's great with colleagues and patients alike.



A member of New Amsterdam’s legal team. Reynolds’ girlfriend, later fiancé.

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A member of New Amsterdam’s Amsterdam's legal team. Reynolds’ Reynolds' girlfriend, later fiancé.



* TheSmartGirl: She’s very good at her job, eventually getting an offer to lead her own team.

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* TheSmartGirl: She’s She's very good at her job, eventually getting an offer to lead her own team.



Max’s assistant, forever chasing him down for one task or another.

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Max’s Max's assistant, forever chasing him down for one task or another.



One of Kapoor’s interns.

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One of Kapoor’s Kapoor's interns.



* PluckyGirl: To Kapoor’s more serious and dour attitude.

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* PluckyGirl: To Kapoor’s Kapoor's more serious and dour attitude.



Max’s new oncologist, she runs her own cancer clinical trial.

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Max’s Max's new oncologist, she runs her own cancer clinical trial.



One of the physical therapists of the hospital, and the one mostly responsible for Bloom’s case.

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One of the physical therapists of the hospital, and the one mostly responsible for Bloom’s Bloom's case.



* DrJerk: He’s like this with Bloom, there is no mention of this with regular patients.
* FunctionalAddict: Bloom didn’t even know he was one until she sees him in a meeting.
* SmugSnake: After Bloom makes it clear she doesn’t want him coddling her.

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* DrJerk: He’s He's like this with Bloom, there is no mention of this with regular patients.
* FunctionalAddict: Bloom didn’t didn't even know he was one until she sees him in a meeting.
* SmugSnake: After Bloom makes it clear she doesn’t doesn't want him coddling her.



* SourSupporter: She likes many of Max’s changes, but expect her to initially be against them.

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* SourSupporter: She likes many of Max’s Max's changes, but expect her to initially be against them.



The head of an experimental cancer clinic trial and formerly Sharpe’s boyfriend.

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The head of an experimental cancer clinic trial and formerly Sharpe’s Sharpe's boyfriend.



* NotSoDifferent: There’s an element of this when he and Sharpe get together.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: Given he’s played by Sendhil Ramanurthy.

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* NotSoDifferent: There’s There's an element of this when he and Sharpe get together.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: Given he’s played by Sendhil Ramanurthy. \n



* BrokenPedestal: After Max finds out he once covered a doctor’s malpractice and left a patient crippled.

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* BrokenPedestal: After Max finds out he once covered a doctor’s doctor's malpractice and left a patient crippled.



Max’s wife and the mother of Luna.

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Max’s Max's wife and the mother of Luna.



* LostLenore: Becomes this after her death.

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* DeathByIrony: After narrowly surviving her daughter's home birth, Georgina dies on route to the hospital when her ambulance gets in an accident.
* LostLenore: Becomes this after her death.
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* ChronicHeroSyndrome: He will always try to do everything he can to help as may people as he can.

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* ChronicHeroSyndrome: He will always try to do everything he can to help as may many people as he can.



* HeroicRROD: As the cancer progresses over the course of Season 1, he gets physically weaker and weaker and his condition is made worse by his refusal to stop working to the point where Sharpe has to force him to go home and stop working before he and up killing himself.

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* HeroicRROD: As the his cancer progresses over the course of Season 1, he gets physically weaker and weaker and his condition is made worse by his refusal to stop working to the point where Sharpe has to force him to go home and stop working before he and ends up killing himself.
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* BigEater: He tries to eat healthy because he knows he can go overboard with junk food. Eventually gets deconstructed when it's revealed he's a compulsive overeater with body issues.
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* ChronicHeroSyndrome: He will always try to do everything he can to help as may people as he can.


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* HeroicRROD: As the cancer progresses over the course of Season 1, he gets physically weaker and weaker and his condition is made worse by his refusal to stop working to the point where Sharpe has to force him to go home and stop working before he and up killing himself.


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* TheLancer: Max's Deputy and closest friend and confidant at New Amsterdam.


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* AddledAddict: Gets addicted to Adderal to manage the stress of running the ER and eventually has to go to rehab to get herself off of it.
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* AFatherToHisMen: Becomes very protective of the staff

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* AFatherToHisMen: Becomes very protective of his staff.
* BlackAndNerdy: He completely geeks out over medical equipment and happily recalls how his mother used to buy him all
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* ServileSnarker: She copes with the stress her boss puts her through with heaping doses of snark.



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!!Karen Brantley
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[[folder:Agnes Kao]]
!!Dr. Agnes Kao
->'''Played By:''' DebraMonk ChristineChang
One of Kapoor’s interns.



* TheAllegedBoss: Max is supposed to answer to her, but he has a habit of TakeAThirdOption whenever she asks him to do something unpleasant.
* LadyInAPowerSuit: She is almost always dressed for a meeting.
* SourSupporter: She likes many of Max’s changes, but expect her to initially be against them.
* TheUsurper: She was the one who got the board to replace Fulton.

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* TheAllegedBoss: Max is supposed to answer to her, but he has a habit of TakeAThirdOption whenever she asks him to do something unpleasant.
* LadyInAPowerSuit: She is almost always dressed for a meeting.
* SourSupporter: She likes many of Max’s changes, but expect her to initially be against them.
* TheUsurper: She was the one who got the board to replace Fulton.
PluckyGirl: To Kapoor’s more serious and dour attitude.



->'''Played By:''' Ian Duff

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* DitzyGenius: Is seen as one, for despite all his strengths he was initially dismissed for poor attendance. He had to personally appeal to Reynolds for another chance.
* OhCrap: He realizes he missed a diagnosis with a patient. Sure enough, the patient returns in worse state.
* TheUsurper: He tells Reynolds in the future, he wants Reynolds’ job.

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* DitzyGenius: Is He is seen as one, for this because despite all his strengths skills he was initially dismissed for suffers from poor attendance. He had to personally appeal to Reynolds for another chance.attendance.
* OhCrap: He realizes he missed a diagnosis with a patient. Sure enough, something in his diagnosis, sure enough the patient returns in a worse state.
* TheUsurper: He tells Reynolds in the future, he wants Reynolds’ job.
his job.



!!Other Characters


[[folder:Akash Panthaki]]
!!Dr. Akash Panthaki
->'''Played By:''' SendhilRamamurthy
The head of an experimental cancer clinic trial and formerly Sharpe’s boyfriend.

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[[folder:Valentina Castro]]
!!Dr. Akash Panthaki
Valentina Castro
->'''Played By:''' SendhilRamamurthy
The head of an experimental
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Max’s new oncologist, she runs her own
cancer clinic trial and formerly Sharpe’s boyfriend. clinical trial.



* NotSoDifferent: There’s an element of this when he and Sharpe get together.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: Given he’s played by Sendhil Ramanurthy.

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* NotSoDifferent: There’s an element of TheRival: In many ways she is this when he to Sharpe, as they had a poor history and Sharpe get together.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: Given he’s played by Sendhil Ramanurthy.
are now co-chairs.



[[folder:Fulton]]
!!Dean Fulton
->'''Played By:''' RonRifkin
The former Dean of Medicine, he was the one who hired Max.

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!!Dean Fulton
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!!Dr. Zach Ligon
->'''Played By:''' RonRifkin
The former Dean
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* CoolOldGuy: Despite his years, he proves himself still a capable doctor.

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* CoolOldGuy: Despite BlatantLies: He eventually admits he lied to Bloom about her missing pill.
* BreakTheHaughty: His relationship with Bloom seem to have a mutual aspect of this.
* BrokenAce: A brilliant doctor but struggling with
his years, own problems.
* CynicalMentor: When Bloom asks him to essentially act as her sponsor,
he proves himself still says he will be this.
* DrJerk: He’s like this with Bloom, there is no mention of this with regular patients.
* FunctionalAddict: Bloom didn’t even know he was one until she sees him in
a capable doctor.meeting.
* SmugSnake: After Bloom makes it clear she doesn’t want him coddling her.



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!!Georgia Goodwin
->'''Played By:''' LisaOHare
Max’s wife and the mother of Luna.

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!!Karen Brantley
->'''Played By:''' LisaOHare
Max’s wife and the mother of Luna.
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* LadyInAPowerSuit: She is almost always dressed for a meeting.
* SourSupporter: She likes many of Max’s changes, but expect her to initially be against them.
* TheUsurper: She was the one who got the board to replace Fulton.
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The head of an experimental cancer clinic trial and formerly Sharpe’s boyfriend.
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* FamedInStory: He apparently has a lot of TV appearances.
* NotSoDifferent: There’s an element of this when he and Sharpe get together.
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!!Dean Fulton
->'''Played By:''' RonRifkin
The former Dean of Medicine, he was the one who hired Max.
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* BrokenPedestal: After Max finds out he once covered a doctor’s malpractice and left a patient crippled.
* CoolOldGuy: Despite his years, he proves himself still a capable doctor.
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!!Georgia Goodwin
->'''Played By:''' LisaOHare
Max’s wife and the mother of Luna.
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!!Dr. Helen Sharpe

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!!Dr. Floyd Reynolds
->'''Played By:''' JockoSims

Dr. Reynolds is the new head of the cardiology department, he was originally fired by Max along with the whole department. Max re-hired and promoted him on the same day.
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* AFatherToHisMen: Becomes very protective of the staff
* TallDarkAndHandsome: He gets plenty of attention for his looks.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Implied to have one when it’s revealed he was previously arrested.
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!!Casey Acosta
->'''Played By:''' AlejandroHernandez

A resident in the Emergency Department, and a good friend of Bloom’s.
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* NiceGuy: He’s great with colleagues and patients alike.
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!!Evie Garrison
->'''Played By:''' MargotBingham

A member of New Amsterdam’s legal team. Reynolds’ girlfriend, later fiancé.
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* TheSmartGirl: She’s very good at her job, eventually getting an offer to lead her own team.

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!!Dora
->'''Played By:''' ZabrynaGuevara

Max’s assistant, forever chasing him down for one task or another.
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* BeleagueredAssistant: Sadly to the point she ends up leaving.

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!!Karen Brantley
->'''Played By:''' DebraMonk
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* TheAllegedBoss: Max is supposed to answer to her, but he has a habit of TakeAThirdOption whenever she asks him to do something unpleasant.
* LadyInAPowerSuit: She is almost always dressed for a meeting.
* SourSupporter: She likes many of Max’s changes, but expect her to initially be against them.
* TheUsurper: She was the one who got the board to replace Fulton.

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[[folder:Michael Duke]]
!!Michael Duke
->'''Played By:''' Ian Duff
The brightest intern in the cardiology department.
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* DitzyGenius: Is seen as one, for despite all his strengths he was initially dismissed for poor attendance. He had to personally appeal to Reynolds for another chance.
* OhCrap: He realizes he missed a diagnosis with a patient. Sure enough, the patient returns in worse state.
* TheUsurper: He tells Reynolds in the future, he wants Reynolds’ job.

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[[folder:Akash Panthaki]]
!!Dr. Akash Panthaki
->'''Played By:''' SendhilRamamurthy
The head of an experimental cancer clinic trial and formerly Sharpe’s boyfriend.
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* NotSoDifferent: There’s an element of this when he and Sharpe get together.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: Given he’s played by Sendhil Ramanurthy.

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!!Dean Fulton
->'''Played By:''' RonRifkin
The former Dean of Medicine, he was the one who hired Max.
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* CoolOldGuy: Despite his years, he proves himself still a capable doctor.
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[[folder:Georgia Goodwin]]
!!Georgia Goodwin
->'''Played By:''' LisaOHare
Max’s wife and the mother of Luna.
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* LostLenore: Becomes this after her death.
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** Eventually deconstructed when another psychiatrist gently points out that his need to inject himself in sensitive situations to try and help are indicative of Narcissistic Personality Disorder.


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* ItsAllAboutMe: His ChronicHeroSyndrome is eventually diagnosed as Narcissistic Personality Disorder. He's constantly trying to help others because he has a psychological need for the attention and adulation it brings him.
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* {{Foil}}: Dr. Kapoor is this to Dr. Goodwin. While Goodwin wants to immediately start treating patients for the symptoms they exhibit, Kapoor advocates a more methodical approach to diagnose the root cause of the symptoms, pointing out that quick treatments can oftentimes only serve to mask the underlying cause and result in death.


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!!Dr. Lauren Bloom

Dr. Bloom runs the emergency room at New Amsterdam. She's a sarcastic woman who battles drug addiction and often pushes people away.

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* AlcoholicParent: Her mother was a severe alcoholic, and as a child, she was often forced to deal with the consequences of her mother's drinking. When she was old enough to go to college, she fled all the way to Washington to get away.

!!Dr. Vijay Kapoor

Dr. Kapoor is the head of Neurology at New Amsterdam. He's an Indian immigrant trying to repair his relationship with his son Rohan. He's close friends with Iggy Frome and can seem absent-minded.

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* BunnyEarsLawyer: He appears absent-minded and overly cautious, but he's actually a top-notch diagnostician.
* {{Foil}}: Dr. Kapoor is this to Dr. Goodwin. While Goodwin wants to immediately start treating patients for the symptoms they exhibit, Kapoor advocates a more methodical approach to diagnose the root cause of the symptoms, pointing out that quick treatments can oftentimes only serve to mask the underlying cause and result in death.
* ThoseTwoGuys: Drs. Frome and Kapoor often get paired together both because their specialties (psychiatry and neurology, respectively) are related and because their diametrically opposed personalities mean they play well off of one another.

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!!Dr. Max Goodwin, medical director

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* CatchPhrase: Goodwin's: "How can I help?", which are also ArcWords.
* {{Foil}}: Dr. Kapoor is this to Dr. Goodwin. While Goodwin wants to immediately start treating patients for the symptoms they exhibit, Kapoor advocates a more methodical approach to diagnose the root cause of the symptoms, pointing out that quick treatments can oftentimes only serve to mask the underlying cause and result in death.
* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: Goodwin, as medical director, comes in and completely shakes up the status quo at New Amsterdam, so much so that he fires all but one cardiac surgeon and many more senior staff immediately walk out because of the changes he makes.
* UltimateJobSecurity: Despite completely upending the entire hospital on his first day and causing major disturbances in the system ranging from a boycott on a pharmaceutical company to outright socialism, Dr. Goodwin still manages to keep his job as medical director of New Amsterdam. Lampshaded by Goodwin when Dean Fulton attempted to fire him for firing the entire cardio-surgical department.

!!Dr. Helen Sharpe

Dr. Sharpe is an oncologist at New Amsterdam and Dr. Goodwin's right-hand woman. She's well known for appearing on TV in debates and interviews, raising money for the hospital and raising awareness of certain issues. She struggles with her relationship with Dr. Goodwin and can be an anchor to some of his more outlandish ideas.

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* CastingGag: This is not the first time Creator/FreemaAgyeman has played someone [[Series/DoctorWho with medical training.]]
* HatesTheJobLovesTheLimelight: A variation. Helen Sharpe begins the series as a media star who loves going on TV and traveling to conferences around the world to talk about medicine. She'd grown to dislike actually treating patients because it's so emotionally taxing and avoids it as much as possible. Max has to strong-arm her into practicing medicine again.

!!Dr. Iggy Frome

Dr. Frome is the head of psychiatry at New Amsterdam. A lovable man full of jokes and empathy, he finds himself acting as a therapist to his co-workers on multiple occasions.

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* ChronicHeroSyndrome: He can't let any injustices go, a behavior heightened by Goodwin's arrival. He'll go all the way to help his patients, with various consequences.
** The episodes ''Preventable'' and ''This Is Not The End'' feature Iggy being charged with a formal complaint and investigation for violating doctor-patient boundaries by being too personal with his patients.
** In Season 2, Iggy suggests adopting another child, a choice that exasperates and frustrates his husband, Martin.
* HappilyAdopted: Dr. Frome and his husband have adopted multiple children from Bangladesh and they all live happily in their cozy New York apartment with two dogs.
* OnlySaneMan: He considers himself to be this in regards to the foster system. All the system wants him to do is to get troubled children calm enough so they can be placed with a foster family while he knows that there's a good chance that the children will be abused and be sent back to him in worse shape.
* StraightGay: He has a husband at home.
* ThoseTwoGuys: Drs. Frome and Kapoor often get paired together both because their specialties (psychiatry and neurology, respectively) are related and because their diametrically opposed personalities mean they play well off of one another.
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!!Dr. Max Goodwin, medical director

The series protagonist, Dr. Goodwin is hired to be the new medical director of New Amsterdam and begins making drastic changes to the way the hospital operates. He is determined to change the entire medical system and is willing to do anything to help his patients. He contracts cancer in Season 1 which serves as his main conflict until Season 2.

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