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==Chief Medical Officer==
'''Billet Description''' 

The '''chief medical officer''' is a [[senior staff]]-level position, typically held by a [[lieutenant commander]] or [[commander]] who is a [[Doctor]] of Medicine with surgical skills. 

==Typical ranks==
Chief medical officers have been seen with a variety of ranks.  They can hold any rank in the [[lieutenant]] grades, but are quite often seen as [[lieutenant commander]]s.  Chief medical officers are eligible to take the [[Bridge Officer's Test]] for promotion to full [[commander]].  At this point, they are considered capable of assuming command of a starship.

==Specific duties==
CMOs aboard a [[starship]] or [[starbase]] are directly in charge of the [[sickbay]] or [[infirmary]], commanding medical department personnel and activities. The CMOs' primary duties are the oversight and maintenance of the overall health and physical fitness of crew and passengers. 

Officers likely to be assigned as the CMO over long-duration missions of exploration, have scientific training in disciplines outside of medicine, allowing them to take on major, extended research projects; or to better participate in a wider variety of encounters.  

==Medical authority==
In addition to the normal duties of an officer, the CMO also has the power to relieve an officer or crewman, including a superior one, of their duties if in the officer's professional judgment, he or she is medically unfit.  Typically, the CMO is expected to have the support of a senior command officer or detailed medical documentation to justify this course of action. 

The CMO does also seem to have the authority to order officers to do things that would be beneficent to their health, like sleeping. 

== Current CMO Billets/Postings==
===Gold Fleet===
*[[Image:Lcdr_medical_small.png|125px|Lieutenant Commander (O-4)]] Lieutenant Commander Dr. [http://boi.alt-starfleet-rpg.org/index.php?title=KRIMAXFOR-_USS_CIRCE_Crew_Biofiles#LCDR_Diamantina_De.27Leon.2C_Chief_Medical_Officer Diamantina De'Leon], M.D., chief medical officer, USS ''Circe'' NCC-27000
*[[Image:Lt_medical_small.png|125px|Lieutenant (O-3)]] Lieutenant Dr. [http://boi.alt-starfleet-rpg.org/index.php?title=USS_ODYSSEUS_Crew_Biofiles#LT_Naomi_Strayer.2C_Chief_Medical_Officer Naomi Strayer], M.D., chief medical officer, USS ''Odysseus'' NCC-25034

===Blue Fleet===
*[[Image:Lcdr_medical_small.png|125px|Lieutenant Commander (O-4)]] Lieutenant Commander Dr. [[Jonathan Asher]], M.D., chief medical officer, USS ''Valhalla'' NCC-18000
*[[Image:Lcdr_medical_small.png|125px|Lieutenant Commander (O-4)]] Lieutenant Commander Dr. [[Dugan Dohan]], M.D., chief medical officer, USS ''Nova'' NCC-1776-A
*[[Image:Lcdr_medical_small.png|125px|Lieutenant Commander (O-4)]] Lieutenant Commander Dr. [http://boi.alt-starfleet-rpg.org/index.php?title=USS_Persephone_Crew_Biofiles#LCDR_Claus_Terkim.2C_Chief_Medical_Officer Claus Terkim], M.D., chief medical officer, USS ''Persephone'' NCC-25013-A
*[[Image:Lt_medical_small.png|125px|Lieutenant (O-3)]] Lieutenant Dr. [[Zor Kon]], M.D., chief medical officer, USS ''Excalibur'' NCC-1844-B
*[[Image:Lt_medical_small.png|125px|Lieutenant (O-3)]] Lieutenant Dr. [[Kael Aravek]], M.D., chief medical officer, USS ''Fearless'' NX - 56000
*[[Image:Lt_medical_small.png|125px|Lieutenant (O-3)]] Lieutenant Dr. [[Ekatarina Morozov]], M.D., chief medical officer, USS ''Yorktown'' NCC-1717-F

===Silver Fleet===
*[[Image:Lcdr_medical_small.png|125px|Lieutenant Commander (O-4)]] Lieutenant Commander Lorena Mendoza, M.D., chief medical officer, Starbase ''Saikai''
*[[Image:Lcdr_medical_small.png|125px|Lieutenant Commander (O-4)]] Lieutenant Commander Sorbec Tm'Peck, M.D., chief medical officer, USS ''Nebula'' NCC-2001
*[[Image:Lt_medical_small.png|125px|Lieutenant (O-3)]] Lieutenant Kayla Williams, M.D., chief medical officer, USS ''Amberjack'' NCC-23219
*[[Image:Lt_medical_small.png|125px|Lieutenant (O-3)]] Lieutenant Julianne Chandler, M.D., chief medical officer, USS ''Andromeda'' NCC-11027-A
*[[Image:Lt_medical_small.png|125px|Lieutenant (O-3)]] Lieutenant Turzen Kur, M.D., chief medical officer, USS ''Kirov'' NCC-28000

== Assistant CMO == 
The Assistant CMO serves the medical department equivalent of the executive officer, as head of Sickbay and the medical department in the absence of the CMO.
===Current Assistant CMO Billets/Postings===
*[[Image:Ens_medical_small.png|125px|Lieutenant Commander (O-4)]] Ensign ''[[Vixen Moore]]'', '''Acting''' ''Assistant CMO'', '''U.S.S.'' Valhalla''''' '''(NCC-18000)'''