Dr. Katherine Pulaski was the chief medical officer aboard the USS Enterprise-D in 2365, serving during the year that Dr. Beverly Crusher headed Starfleet Medical. A gifted physician who carried the rank of commander, she was known for favoring traditional, hands-on medicine over technology, and — like Dr. Leonard McCoy before her — harbored a distrust of transporters.
Prior to the Enterprise she served aboard the USS Repulse, and she authored the standard reference paper "Linear Models of Viral Propagation." Though she initially clashed with Captain Picard and dismissed Data as a mere machine, she came to respect both, and formed an unlikely friendship with Worf. Portrayed by Diana Muldaur, Pulaski appeared throughout the second season of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Chronological details are covered in the Timeline.
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