kitami shuichi

Kitami Shuichi is the Head of Surgery at Yasuda Memorial Hospital and Teru's preceptor. His speciality is heart surgery. He was stunned when he saw Yasuda’s surgery and he came to Yasuda Memorial Hospital. His shock from the death of the first patient he had grown close to resulted in his only mistake in a surgery. He learnt from that experience and is calm and collected at all times.

As Teru’s supervising doctor, he is strict with him and also has expectations of him. He wields "Ice Scalpel" nickname because of his prowess of performing surgery with cold, sharp and precision in every surgery. Yasuda Junji have an interest with him since Kitami found lymph glands when at operation one of University's Instructor. Kitami willing to give up the next generation of Chief Instructor at T University after Professor Shiwaku, Kitami's Instructor fires him instead of accepting his resignation. He is more motivated since his close friend's death, Kurahashi and willing to build reinforced mental to surpass it. Right now he is Head of Surgery concurrent positions as Yasuda's personal Right hand, whenever Yasuda was assigned to go overseas Kitami always been selected to take over his job as director.

(Source: Wikipedia)