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Ethan Choi

Full name

Ethan Choi

Nickname

Dr. Choi Lieutenant Commander Choi

Biographical information

Gender

Male

Ethnicity

Korean

Hair Color

Black

Eyes

Brown

Status

Alive

Marital status

Married to April Sexton (see Chexton)

Family

Patrick Choi (Father) †Emily Choi (Adoptive Sister)Noah Sexton (Brother-in-law)Vincent Choi (Grandfather) †Vincent Choi (Nephew)Alfonso Sexton (Father-in-law)Marcia Sexton (Mother-in-law)

Relationships

April Sexton (wife)Vicki Glass (ex-girlfriend)

Career information

Occupation

FormerlyAttending Physician Chief Of Emergency Department Emergency Medicine Chief Resident Navy Lieutenant Commander

Affiliation

FormerlyGaffney Chicago Medical Center

Department

FormerlyEmergency Department

Series information

First seen	Last seen
Derailed	This Could Be the Start of Something New

Portrayed by

Brian Tee

Dr. Ethan Choi is a former Attending Physician in Emergency Medicine with a specialization in infectious diseases at Gaffney Chicago Medical Center. He was portrayed by Brian Tee.

Contents

• 1 Biography
• 2 Personality
• 3 Season One
  • 3.1 Derailed
  • 3.2 iNO
  • 3.3 Mistaken
• 4 Season Two
  • 4.1 Love Hurts
• 5 Season Three
  • 5.1 Speak Your Truth
• 6 Season Four
  • 6.1 The Poison Inside Us
• 7 Season Five
  • 7.1 Never Going Back to Normal
  • 7.2 We're Lost in the Dark
  • 7.3 In the Valley of the Shadows
  • 7.4 Infection, Part II
  • 7.5 Got a Friend in Me
• 8 Season Six
  • 8.1 When Did We Begin to Change
  • 8.2 Those Things Hidden in Plain Sight
  • 8.3 Do You Know the Way Home?
• 9 Season Seven
• 10 Season Eight
  • 10.1 This Could Be the Start of Something New
• 11 Memorable Quotes
• 12 Notes and Trivia
• 13 Gallery
• 14 Videos
• 15 Appearances
  • 15.1 Chicago PD
    • 15.1.1 Season 3
    • 15.1.2 Season 4
    • 15.1.3 Season 6
  • 15.2 Chicago Fire
    • 15.2.1 Season 4
    • 15.2.2 Season 5
    • 15.2.3 Season 6
    • 15.2.4 Season 7

Biography[]

Ethan is the son of Navy veteran Patrick Choi. He has a younger sister called Emily. Ethan followed in his father's footsteps and joined the Navy as a medic. During his time in the military, he worked in a medical aid camp in Baghdad, as well as serving on the USS Carl Vinson.

Upon returning to Chicago he became a resident in Emergency Medicine at Gaffney. He is still a Navy reservist and occasionally attends recruiting events. During season 5 he is called back for a six week deployment. Throughout the show, he is shown struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder.

During season 1 and season 2, he dates VA doctor Vicki Glass. Right before she arranges for him to meet her parents, he breaks up with her due to his feelings for April Sexton. Ethan and April date and eventually move in together and become engaged, but their relationship comes under strain several times. When Ethan's sister Emily comes back into his life, April feels that he is too hard on her. Ethan and April become frustrated when they are unable to conceive, and their first IVF treatment fails. When April reveals she illicitly kissed Crockett Marcel, he comes to physical blows with him.

In season 6, Ethan is promoted to the Head of the Emergency Department, although he is later replaced by Dean Archer after suffering an injury.

In season 8, he reconnects with April and the two eventually get married. He leaves Gaffney together with April to start their community medical outreach program DOCS on Wheels.

Personality[]

Ethan is one of the more emotionally restrained doctors, which is attributed to his military background. He does, however, have moments where his emotions surface, such as after the death of Jason Wheeler, where he cries upon seeing Wheeler's body in the morgue. After a mass-shooting gives him flashbacks of war, he cries into April's shoulder. Ethan believes in strictly following protocol, which often puts him at odds with other doctors such as Will Halstead and Crockett Marcel, who often take a more gut feeling or risk-reward approach to the treatment of their patients.

Season One[]

Derailed[]

Ethan assists in treating an influx of victims of an elevated train derailment.

iNO[]

Ethan decides to force deliver a placenta stating that he had done it before, as OB service was busy. However, the procedure isn't well done, and the 14-year-old girl is left with almost having to go through a hysterectomy. He felt guilty about what happened, especially considering he judged the girl for abandoning the baby. He later tries to help the girl and she runs away from the Hospital. The morality of the situation arises discussions between him, Dr. Manning and Dr. Rhodes.

Mistaken[]

Will treats Gertrude Kovack, a patient that seems rather racist because of her comments toward April's ethnicity. She later spots Ethan outside her room and tells Will she would prefer him because "Orientals make the best doctors" relating it to stereotypical math skills. Ethan plays along and quotes Confucius. Will later mentions that Ethan is Korean.

Season Two[]

Love Hurts[]

Ethan and April kiss for the first time.

Season Three[]

Speak Your Truth[]

Ethan and April are officially a couple, but she wants to keep their romance on the down-low, especially since another nurse is already complaining about favoritism on Ethan's part.

Season Four[]

The Poison Inside Us[]

Ethan is affected by a toxic chemical known as Cyanide after being trapped with a family member of one of his previous patients. The Cyanide eventually spreads through the whole hospital but shown visibly affecting him, to the point of rendering him bedridden.

Season Five[]

Never Going Back to Normal[]

Ethan and April get a pregnancy test, which turns out to be negative. They treat a young boy with loss of vision due to a brain abnormality brought on by hypothyroidism. Watching the parents' love for their child, they discuss some day having a child of their own.

We're Lost in the Dark[]

Ethan gives the new batch of third-year medical students their introductory speech, noting that medical student Steve is especially excited about emergency medicine. Ethan and Crockett run out to an ambulance that has skidded off the road a few blocks from the hospital. He, April and Steve treat the paramedic extracted from the crashed ambulance. When the power goes out they move the patient into the hybrid OR. April offers to stay behind and help Steve, but Ethan calls her away with him.

Upon returning to the hybrid OR, they discover that the patient has developed abdominal compartment syndrome, which Ethan relieves by cutting open his abdomen. The visual nearly causes Steve to go into shock, but Ethan helps him snap out of it. As a new generator arrives, the patient goes into V-fib, but they are able to revive him.

As he and April are leaving for the night, they run into Steve in the lobby. He announces that he is not coming back due to the stress of his first day in the ED, and the prospect of having to do this work for the rest of his life. Ethan wonders whether he was too focused on his patients' needs and not enough on Steve's needs, but April replies that it is normal to forget to take care of each other in stressful situations. Ethan counters that it is not normal, and that April is able to do so all the time, complimenting her mindfulness and awareness and saying she will make the "best mom ever." They express their love for each other and kiss.

In the Valley of the Shadows[]

Ethan meets a patient who reveals that he has terminal brain cancer and has been drinking a cocktail of medicine that will arrest his heart within the next few hours. The patient wants Ethan to declare him dead so that his brain can be cryonically frozen in the hopes of finding a cure in the future. Ethan tries to persuade Dr. Charles to declare the patient decisionally impaired, but he refuses. When the patient arrests, Dr. Charles relents in order to give the parents a little more time with their son. Daniel eventually convinces the parents to let their son go, as that is what he wanted, to Ethan's disapproval.

Infection, Part II[]

Ethan and the rest of the ED staff deal with the influx of patients infected with the flesh-eating bacteria.

Got a Friend in Me[]

Ethan is annoyed when Crockett and Noah try to poach one of his patients. They disagree over the course of treatment, with the fact that they are unable to obtain the patient's previous medical records adding further complication. When the patient opts for surgery and pulls through, Noah is surprised Ethan isn't more happy, to which Ethan apologizes.

Season Six[]

When Did We Begin to Change[]

Ethan and April treat patients affected by COVID-19. He and April clash with Dr. Lanik over whether to allocate the last ECMO machine to a patient who is dying of COVID-19.

Those Things Hidden in Plain Sight[]

Ethan is promoted to Head of the Emergency Department after Dr. Lanik steps down, much to Will's disappointment. He immediately starts to micromanage Will, second-guessing him on the treatment of a patient with pneumocephalus. April congratulates him on his promotion, and promises to let him know when he is being a hard-ass. Shortly thereafter, they argue over allowing the mother of a patient dying of COVID-19 to visit her daughter. When Ethan comes around to allowing the mother to visit, she is instead brought in in critical condition, having contracted the virus as well.

Do You Know the Way Home?[]

Under pressure from Goodwin to improve the ED's finances, Ethan moves April from the COVID-19 ward back to the ED. Ethan, April and Dr. Charles treat a patient named Lisa who is afraid of needles, and they become suspicious when she becomes increasingly anxious to leave, can't present a consistent story, and appears unfamiliar with modern technology. They eventually figure out that Lisa is actually a woman named Kelly Bissett who disappeared as a child.

Season Seven[]

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Season Eight[]

This Could Be the Start of Something New[]

Ethan and April are married and decide to part ways with Gaffney to start their own medical community outreach program DOCS on Wheels.

Memorable Quotes[]

• (to Sarah Reese): "We rise or fall together."

Notes and Trivia[]

• His blood type is O-negative.
• He works as a volunteer at the zoo.
• He mainly treated patients with gunshot wounds while in Baghdad.
• He got a parrot in season 1 to help with his PTSD.
• He is one of the few other characters in the One Chicago franchise that has a military background. Others include Dean Archer, Jeff Clarke, Jay Halstead, Greg Gerwitz, Justin Voight and Alvin Olinsky.
• While Brian Tee (who portrays him) is both Korean and Japanese-American, Dr. Ethan Choi is Korean-American.
• According to Ethan, he washes his scrubs at home after every shift.

Gallery[]

For a full gallery of Ethan Choi, see Ethan Choi/Gallery.

Videos[]

Chicago Med - Choi Learns a Powerful Lesson About Forgiveness (Episode Highlight)Chicago Med - The Darkness of Human Nature (Episode Highlight)

Appearances[]

Season 1
Derailed	iNO	Fallback	Mistaken	Malignant
Bound	Saints	Reunion	Choices	Clarity
Intervention	Guilty	Us	Hearts	Inheritance
Disorder	Withdrawal	Timing

Season 2
Soul Care	Win Loss	Natural History	Brother's Keeper	Extreme Measures
Alternative Medicine	Inherent Bias	Free Will	Uncharted Territory	Heart Matters
Graveyard Shift	Mirror Mirror	Theseus' Ship	Cold Front	Lose Yourself
Prisoner's Dilemma	Monday Mourning	Lesson Learned	Ctrl Alt	Generation Gap
Deliver Us	White Butterflies	Love Hurts

Season 3
Speak Your Truth	Nothing to Fear	Trust Your Gut	Naughty or Nice	Mountains and Molehills
Ties That Bind	Over Troubled Water	Lemons and Lemonade	On Shaky Ground	Down By Law
Folie à Deux	Born This Way	Best Laid Plans	Lock It Down	Devil in Disguise
An Inconvenient Truth	The Parent Trap	This Is Now	Crisis of Confidence	The Tipping Point

Season 4
Be My Better Half	When to Let Go	Heavy Is the Head	Backed Against the Wall	What You Don't Know
Lesser of Two Evils	The Poison Inside Us	Play by My Rules	Death Do Us Part	All the Lonely People
Who Can You Trust	The Things We Do	Ghosts in the Attic	Can't Unring That Bell	We Hold These Truths
Old Flames, New Sparks	The Space Between Us	Tell Me the Truth	Never Let You Go	More Harm Than Good
Forever Hold Your Peace	With a Brave Heart

Season 5
Never Going Back to Normal	We're Lost in the Dark	In the Valley of the Shadows	Infection, Part II	Got a Friend in Me
It's All in the Family	Who Knows What Tomorrow Brings	Too Close to the Sun	I Can't Imagine the Future	Guess It Doesn't Matter Anymore
The Ground Shifts Beneath Us	Leave the Choice to Solomon	Pain Is for the Living	It May Not Be Forever	I Will Do No Harm
Who Should Be the Judge	The Ghosts of the Past	In the Name of Love	Just a River in Egypt	A Needle in the Heart

Season 6
When Did We Begin to Change	Those Things Hidden in Plain Sight	Do You Know the Way Home?	In Search of Forgiveness, Not Permission	When Your Heart Rules Your Head
Don't Want to Face This Now	Better Is the Enemy of Good	Fathers and Mothers, Daughters and Sons	For the Want of a Nail	So Many Things We've Kept Buried
Letting Go Only to Come Together	Some Things Are Worth the Risk	What a Tangled Web We Weave	A Red Pill, a Blue Pill	Stories, Secrets, Half-Truths and Lies
I Will Come to Save You

Season 7
You Can't Always Trust What You See	To Lean In, or To Let Go	Be the Change You Want to See	Status Quo, aka the Mess We're In	Change Is a Tough Pill to Swallow
When You're a Hammer, Everything's a Nail	A Square Peg in a Round Hole	Just as a Snake Sheds Its Skin	Secret Santa Has a Gift for You	No Good Deed Goes Unpunished... in Chicago
The Things We Thought We Left Behind	What You Don't Know Can't Hurt You	Reality Leaves a Lot to the Imagination	All The Things That Could Have Been	Things Meant to Be Bent Not Broken
May Your Choices Reflect Hope, Not Fear	If You Love Someone, Set Them Free	Judge Not, For You Will Be Judged	Like a Phoenix Rising from the Ashes	End of the Day, Anything Can Happen
Lying Doesn't Protect You from the Truth	And Now We Come to the End

Season 8
How Do You Begin to Count the Losses	Caught Between the Wrecking Ball and the Butterfly	Winning the Battle, but Still Losing the War	The Apple Doesn't Fall Far From The Teacher	Yep, This Is the World We Live in
Mama Said There Would Be Days Like This	The Clothes Make the Man... Or Do They?	Everyone's Fighting a Battle You Know Nothing About	This Could Be the Start of Something New	A Little Change Might Do You Some Good
It Is What It Is, Until It Isn't	We All Know What They Say About Assumptions	It's an Ill Wind That Blows Nobody Good	On Days Like Today... Silver Linings Become Lifelines	Those Times You Have to Cross the Line
What You See Isn't Always What You Get	Know When to Hold and When to Fold	I Could See the Writing on the Wall	Look Closely and You Might Hear the Truth	The Winds of Change Are Starting to Blow
Might Feel Like It's Time for a Change	Does One Door Close and Another One Open?

Chicago PD[]

Season 3[]

• Knocked the Family Right Out (3x11)
• The Song of Gregory Williams Yates (3x14)
• Forty-Caliber Bread Crumb (3x17)
• Justice (3x21)

Season 4[]

• Made a Wrong Turn (4x02)
• Emotional Proximity (4x16)
• Fork in the Road (4x23)

Season 6[]

• Endings (6x02)

Chicago Fire[]

Season 4[]

• The Beating Heart (4x10)
• The Path of Destruction (4x11)
• The Sky is Falling (4x13)

Season 5[]

• Deathtrap (5x15)

Season 6[]

• The Chance to Forgive (6x15)
• The One That Matter Most (6x16)

Season 7[]

• Going to War (7x02)