It appears he was interested in the job and his father made a phone call. As well as completing specialties in intensive care and cardiology, he also took a residency in neurosurgery at The University of Melbourne, although he never became a board certified neurosurgeon.Ĭhase was the longest serving fellow at the start of the series, having been on the team since 2002. However, his later training was outstanding. He does not appear to have been an outstanding student. Instead, he went to medical school doing his pre-medical studies at the University of Sydney (as revealed in Season 7). However, Chase had a "crisis of faith" (if sleeping with the groundskeeper's wife can be called that) while in the seminary and realized that it wasn't for him. This aspect of his life was shown again in the episode Forever, when he said a prayer for the soul of a baby who died under his care. In The Tyrant, he revealed that he took his seminary training in England. In Damned If You Do, Chase reveals to a patient that he attended a seminary after graduating high school, quoting 1 Peter 1:7. Even when Robert started working at Princeton-Plainsboro, it was clear his father was financing his lifestyle because Robert, unlike the other fellows, never cared about money.Ĭhase was raised a Roman Catholic, and although he's no longer observant, he still considers himself religious. Despite the enmity between them, Rowan never failed to come through for Robert when he needed something, even if it was only an expensive vacation. However, his father continued to support the family excessively (probably out of guilt). With what appears to be a total lack of parental supervision during his adolescence, Chase admits to having wild teenage years and experimented with drugs and sex. Dealing with his mother helped him empathize with Luke Palmeiro, another teenager who was trying to deal with a parent who couldn't care for herself. When Chase's father left the family, 15 year old Chase was forced to care for his mother until her death which is approximately ten years before Season 1. After he gave up banging on the door and crying, he read his father's books which is why he went on to study medicine ( Parents). His mother couldn't handle young Chase, while she was drunk, so she ended up locking him in his father's office. However, Chase had a rough relationship with both his absent father and alcoholic mother. He also commented that she "ended up drinking half her life away and hating me," but he did call her at the end of the episode. However in Better Half, he reveals that he has a younger sister who he took care of. It's presumed Robert has other siblings (most likely half or step-siblings), but their names have never been revealed. The name of Chase's mother has never been revealed. Rowan had emigrated to Australia from Czechoslovakia a few years before Robert was born. His father was Rowan Chase, who later became a wealthy and world renowned rheumatologist.
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