Katherine Pulaski
blunt/sardonic
ethically pragmatic
innovative
authoritative
protocol-oriented
responsive
clinically focused
medically authoritative
decisive
Katherine Pulaski serves as a senior Starfleet medical officer whose procedural innovations shape how crews balance life‑saving care with cultural protection. Colleagues invoke her short‑term memory‑erasure technique as an established containment tool, positioning Pulaski as both a technical innovator and an authoritative voice in medical ethics debates. She operates at the intersection of clinical rigor and pragmatic ethics, advising command-level decisions while training and influencing Sickbay staff. Her interventions consistently steer encounters where medical necessity collides with Prime Directive obligations.
286 appearances
Starfleet Medicine
Also known as:
Pulaski,
Doctor Pulaski,
Dr. Pulaski,
Chief Medical Officer,
Katherine Pulaski,
CMO
Katherine Pulaski's Journey
A timeline through the narrative