Bob Kelso is the truculent chief of medicine for the hospital. He graduated twelfth in his class at Stanford University in 1968, although he had claimed to have graduated first in the class of 1972, until his lie was exposed by a patient using her Internet capable cellphone. He always puts the long term interests of the hospital above the interests of any individual patient. Dr. Kelso says he doesn't care about his employees, and often insults them or makes jokes at their expense. But deep down he really does seem to care about them. When Elliot Reid disagrees with Dr. Kelso on a medical decision, Kelso allows her to proceed with her preferred method of treatment. When it fails and the patient dies, Kelso tacitly praises her for making a bold decision, and refers to her as a colleague although he is quick to add that he hates his colleagues. He has the habit of calling all the male Interns Spourt and all the female Interns Sweetheart. He is married, but he often speaks ill of his wife, Enid, and cheats on her. Kelso has said his father, Dr. Kelsonovich, moved to Monroeville, Pennsylvania and that he played baseball as a star shortstop in Altoona, about two hours away on Route 22 East. He can play the guitar and wrote numerous blues songs in college. His father was also a doctor, who endeared himself to his poorer patients by accepting gifts such as food and clothing in lieu of actual payment; he was apparently less generous to his own family, however, having left them on Kelso's own bike (an event to which Kelso attributes his irrational hatred of bikes). His wife worked in his hospital as a nurse during his early career; as a young doctor, he slapped the bottom of an attractive nurse walking by, declaring, Foxy Enid. Although she is never shown, it can be inferred that she is morbidly obese, paralysed from the waist down and is confined to a wheelchair.He has a gay son named Harrison. He also had a dog, Baxter, whom he adored. When Baxter dies, Elliot gives Kelso a bulldog named Boomer that used to belong to a now-deceased patient. Despite his age, he has an apparently insatiable sexual appetite. Most episodes feature at least one reference to his exploits or tastes in this regard. He has almost no shame about his adultery and lecherousness, and seems to enjoy making people feel uncomfortable by talking about his behavior. Kelso has a tradition involving his wedding anniversary: the day of his anniversary, he is blissfully happy due to the night of lovemaking with his wife, and becomes uncharacteristically generous.He is determined to let everyone in Sacred Heart know who is boss; to reinforce his superiority, he picks out one individual every semester and drives them to their breaking point. Sacred Heart's lawyer, Ted Buckland, is also a frequent target of Kelso's malice; Kelso is fond of bossing the milquetoast Ted around and depriving him of any kind of joy or comfort during the work day.Kelso is a master of Ms. Pac-Man and uses the game as a stress reliever, and has a high score of 40,000,000 (although in actuality the highest score possible in Ms. Pac-Man is 3,333,360). Kelso seems to pine for the old days of being a doctor, having not personally dealt with patients since he was promoted to Chief of Medicine. Despite being chief, Kelso still displays hostilities towards Elliot Reid for getting a better job in private practice without thanking him for his role in her being a doctor. After the board memebrs found out he turned 65, they forced him into retirement. Show less «