Post by Dina on Aug 10, 2004 10:41:30 GMT -5
Name: Alexx Woods
CSI Level/Rank: Medical Examiner
Height: 5'4"/163cm
Weight: 115lbs/52kg
Place of Birth: Queens, NY
Date of Birth: 08/13/1960
Education: B.S. in Chemistry (New York Univ.); M.D. (Rutgers Univ.)
Special Skills: Medical Doctor
Martial Status: Married
The first of six children, Woods watched over her four brothers and sister. Her parents worked long hours and numerous jobs to keep the family above poverty. Such a duty ruined any chance for a social life. But that was no consequence to her: all the friends she needed were under one roof.
Her only complaint was the cleanliness of the house. Being compulsively neat, she needed the house to be in perfect order. She would even be caught scolding her parents for leaving clothes around. So with her passion for caring and attention to detail, it came as no surprise to her family when she announced she wanted to be a doctor. Even though she was only 12 at the time.
While working in her M.D. Woods kept to herself, becoming one of the top students of her class, but she was always eager to return home, until her first day of residency when she met her husband-to-be.
Woods was close to finishing her residency, her wedding was in the works, and she was already getting promising offers to pursue after graduation. Everything was as she dreamed, until she read a patient's chart and caught a surgeon's mistake. He was one of the most distinguished doctors in the city, so she thought he couldn't be wrong. Already having been reprimanded for trying to correct her superiors, Woods didn't speak up. The patient died on the operating table, and the surgeon made sure Woods carried the blame.
Woods was able to salvage her degree. But the surgeon made sure she could not practise in the city she called home. Though her family and new husband supported her, for the first time in her life, she doubted herself.
Unable to find a position, Woods took a part-time job with the New York Coroner's office. At first she felt this was a step beneath her, but it wasn't long before she realized the work suited her: she was able to spend time alone, bring chaos in order, and most importantly, she grew to understand that these people needed her to speak for them.
When the county of Miami-Dade approached her to head up their new state-of-the-art facility, it was a hard decision to make. It meant moving away from her family. But her husband and children, Janie and Bryan, as did her family, agreed that people in Miami needed her.
People have been confused by her bedside manner with the dead, but to Alexx they are her patients and they have come to her for they have a story to tell.
CSI Level/Rank: Medical Examiner
Height: 5'4"/163cm
Weight: 115lbs/52kg
Place of Birth: Queens, NY
Date of Birth: 08/13/1960
Education: B.S. in Chemistry (New York Univ.); M.D. (Rutgers Univ.)
Special Skills: Medical Doctor
Martial Status: Married
The first of six children, Woods watched over her four brothers and sister. Her parents worked long hours and numerous jobs to keep the family above poverty. Such a duty ruined any chance for a social life. But that was no consequence to her: all the friends she needed were under one roof.
Her only complaint was the cleanliness of the house. Being compulsively neat, she needed the house to be in perfect order. She would even be caught scolding her parents for leaving clothes around. So with her passion for caring and attention to detail, it came as no surprise to her family when she announced she wanted to be a doctor. Even though she was only 12 at the time.
While working in her M.D. Woods kept to herself, becoming one of the top students of her class, but she was always eager to return home, until her first day of residency when she met her husband-to-be.
Woods was close to finishing her residency, her wedding was in the works, and she was already getting promising offers to pursue after graduation. Everything was as she dreamed, until she read a patient's chart and caught a surgeon's mistake. He was one of the most distinguished doctors in the city, so she thought he couldn't be wrong. Already having been reprimanded for trying to correct her superiors, Woods didn't speak up. The patient died on the operating table, and the surgeon made sure Woods carried the blame.
Woods was able to salvage her degree. But the surgeon made sure she could not practise in the city she called home. Though her family and new husband supported her, for the first time in her life, she doubted herself.
Unable to find a position, Woods took a part-time job with the New York Coroner's office. At first she felt this was a step beneath her, but it wasn't long before she realized the work suited her: she was able to spend time alone, bring chaos in order, and most importantly, she grew to understand that these people needed her to speak for them.
When the county of Miami-Dade approached her to head up their new state-of-the-art facility, it was a hard decision to make. It meant moving away from her family. But her husband and children, Janie and Bryan, as did her family, agreed that people in Miami needed her.
People have been confused by her bedside manner with the dead, but to Alexx they are her patients and they have come to her for they have a story to tell.