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"I'm surprised you were able to treat her without the proper resources..."

— Robert Hoffman talking to Derek Stiles after revealing his Healing Touch.

Dr. Robert Hoffman is the Director of Hope Hospital and is eventually promoted to become the Executive Director of Caduceus USA. Stated to be an incredible surgeon in his youth, he eventually retired from surgery after failing to save a patient. Like Derek Stiles, he possesses the rare Healing Touch, and explains its origins and power to Derek after he unintentionally activates his.

Design[]

Robert Hoffman is an old man with white slicked hair and a spiky beard. He wears a buttoned lab coat over a white collared shirt with a brown tie, and wears glasses.

Personality[]

A serious and stern old man, Robert Hoffman is devoted towards the art of surgery. He has lost confidence in his surgical ability after losing a patient, but he was considered an excellent surgeon with renowned skills before the incident.

Profile[]

Under the Knife/Second Opinion[]

Robert was the director and founder of Hope Hospital, the same hospital in which Derek Stiles completed his residency. During his days as a surgeon, he discovered that he held a mysterious power that allowed him to perform surgical feats, which he named the Healing Touch. However, an irreversible incident occurred that caused him to give up surgery for good. (The incident is never explained, though it's implied he made a critical mistake during his use of the Healing Touch). Upon discovering Derek's Healing Touch, he warns Derek that his hands would become 'heavy' and of the pain that his Healing Touch would bring. It is later revealed that his reason to become a doctor was the same as Derek's, and after the death of Richard Anderson, he became the Director of Caduceus USA. Reinvigorated, he occasionally assists Derek and the other doctors of Caduceus USA with other patients when there are GUILT outbreaks.

In the finale of Second Opinion, Robert becomes infected with Mutated Savato. With what he thought to be his last words, he reminds Derek that a doctor's one ultimate weakness is that he cannot operate on himself, and is now put in a situation where he must rely on his pupils (referring to Derek) to save his life, as a test to see if he was a good enough doctor to leave his life in Derek's hands. Derek and Angie Thompson reassure him that he is a great doctor, and Derek and Naomi Kimishima simultaneously operate on Robert using their Healing Touches together, defeating the Mutated Savato and marking the end of Delphi. He continues his duties as the Director of Caduceus USA, sending Derek letters of thanks from his patients when Derek and Angie are out of the country.

Sprites[]

Trauma Center: Under the Knife and Trauma Center: Second Opinion
Characters
Caduceus Derek StilesAngela ThompsonRobert HoffmanSidney KasalTyler ChaseVictor NiguelCybil MyersStephen ClarksLeslie Sears
Delphi AdamKenneth BlackwellNozomi WeaverNavelOwen
Patients Linda ReidAmy ChaseSinners
Others Greg KasalMary FultonRichard AndersonLangston Miller
For minor characters, see: Minor Characters
Episodes
Chapter 1: Dr. Stiles PrologueStandard ProcedureStandard Procedure 2/Learning the RopesA FarewellNurse AngieSinging the BluesA Real DoctorDownpourLife or Death
Chapter 2: The Healing Touch Dormant AbilityMaster SurgeryStriving for AsclepiusAwakeningPaying the PriceJust Let Me DieReasons WhyReconciliationPlease Let Me LiveCaduceusFor Everyone's Sake/For the Greater Good
Chapter 3: Caduceus New BeginningsGUILTThe Darkness WithinSomething PreciousInternational ConferenceAn Explosive PatientFootfalls of TerrorMiracle at 9,800ft/Caduceus on a PlaneDeserted VillageForbidden Knowledge/Pandora's Box
Chapter 4: Bio Terror Hope Under AttackRace for the CureNothing to Do but WaitStepping UpForeboding CluesTaking a First Step/The First StepMedical ResearchThe Next StepNew Laser Technology/ProgressDoctors' Struggle/Prolonged StruggleIncurable Disease
Chapter 5: It Never Ends Caduceus in ActionUnder the KnifeShifting GUILTGUILT EvolvesInfiltrationInfectionDelphiDevil/A DevilDeath Awaits All
Chapter 6: Original Sin (UtK) Delphi HQFirst SinSecond SinThird SinFourth SinFifth SinSixth SinFinal SinAdamEpilogue
Chapter 6: Dark Gospel (SO) An InvitationCaduceus EuropeRelapseSecond OpinionOriginal SinThe Future of GUILTFallen HeroesVulnerabilityEpilogue
Z-Episodes (SO) From OverseasMiraclePursuitTransplantSayonara
X missions X-1: KyriakiX-2: DefteraX-3: TritiX-4: TetartiX-5: PemptiX-6: ParaskeviX-7: Savato
Trauma Center: Under the Knife 2
Characters
Caduceus Derek StilesAngela ThompsonAdel TulbaRobert HoffmanSidney KasalTyler ChaseVictor NiguelStephen ClarksLeslie Sears
Delphi Heinrich von RaitenauKarl/Christine von Raitenau
Patients Linda ReidEmilio Juarez
Others Heather RossGreg KasalCybil MyersMary FultonKenneth BlackwellPatrick MercerReina Mayuzumi
For minor characters, see: Minor Characters
Episodes
Chapter 1: Doctor in a Foreign Land Refugee CampMaster SurgeonNovice MistakeHidden PerilCivil WarFeverLeaving Africa
Chapter 2: Return to Caduceus Alone in the ORPGSTo Live OnOminous CloudsSinnerRebirth
Chapter 3: Onset TemptationPrime TimeFor the FutureElysiumFamiliar FacesGUILT ReturnsOverconfidence
Chapter 4: Relearning the Ropes CollapseLosing FaithRehabilitationHope HospitalA Rough NightVisitorBlackwellDesperate PleaThe Touch
Chapter 5: Unnatural Abilities The HOARetaliationNew HeroesAbductionThe TraceThe CarrierShift in Power
Chapter 6: Lineage A New AllyAnathemaWidespread FearBackfireLord of PlaguesImprovisingTragedy
Chapter 7: Illusion Secret PatientTainted MedicineTruth UnveiledDream's EndHall of ShadowsThe AltarMother of SinsEpilogue
X missions X-1: KyriakiX-2: TetartiX-3: PemptiX-4: NousX-5: BythosX-6: SigeX-7: Aletheia
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