Played By: Philip Starr
Rank: Lieutenant
Current assignment: Chief Medical Officer, U.S.S. Alliance
Full Name: Kyle Alexander Sumners
Place of birth: Baltimore, Maryland, USNA, Earth
Parents: Maria Erich-Sumners (Mother); Dr. Jonathan Sumners (Father)
Education: Starfleet Medical Academy, 2364-73
Marital status: Single
Children: None.
Residence: Aboard U.S.S. Alliance, Deck 3, Section B16

Age: 29
Species: Human
Height / Build: 5'11" (1.80m), Weight: 162lb (73.48kg)
Appearance: Green eyes, short sandy brown hair

Extracurricular Activities:
Hobbies: Mathematics, Holodeck Detective Mysteries
Languages Spoken: Federation Standard, Latin, Basic Andorian, Some Vulcan

Starfleet Career Summary

2364 -- Kyle graduates from high school, and submits an application to Starfleet Medical. The application is accepted on the first submission.

2364 -- Sumners begins his secondary education at Starfleet Medical, Majoring in Starship Medicine, Xenobiology, and Xenophysiology.

2372 -- Kyle is assigned to the Excelsior-class USS Fayetteville for his Academy Internship.

2372 -- While serving on the Fayetteville during his Internship, Sumners is helpless to save one of the injured crewmembers after the ship is damaged in a skirmish with the Klingons. Fayetteville's medical staff helps Sumners overcome the feeling of remorse and regret for the loss of the patient's life.

2373 -- Kyle completes his academy training, and is promoted to the rank of Ensign. He is assigned to the USS Fayetteville as a Medical Officer.

2375 -- The USS Fayetteville is destroyed in orbit over Cardassia Prime, during the battle that lead to the conclusion of the war between the Federation and the Dominion. Kyle is transported to Starbase 375 to await his next assignment from Starfleet Command.

2375 -- Kyle is assigned temporary Duty aboard the USS Firestorm, NCC-81253, as a nurse/medical assistant.

2375 -- Sumners is promoted to full Doctor with the rank of Lieutenant, and is assigned to the USS Alliance, NCC-10521, as the Alliance's Chief Medical Officer

Psychological Profile: Report of Starfleet Counselor Jade Raynor

Doctor Kyle Sumners has been described by colleagues and superior officers as dedicated, if not stubborn, about his profession as a doctor aboard a Federation starship. Whether this dedication stems from Kyle’s desire to help others, or from some other incident in Sumners’ past has never been determined, but it provides him with the drive to see that the patients under his care are cured as quickly and efficiently as possible.

Sumners was fortunate enough to lose his first patient during his internship aboard the USS Fayetteville, where he had the company of more Fayetteville’s more experienced medical personnel to help him overcome his feelings of regret and remorse for not being able to save the crewmember’s life. Despite this, however, Kyle still remembers vividly that moment, where he watched helplessly as his patients vital signs weakened and failed. The Dominion war helped ease the pain of losing a patient; as the war dragged on Kyle lost more patients then he could count.

Because of the pain that most doctor’s feel when losing a close friend, Kyle tries to avoid close friendships with other members of his crew, unsure if he could weather the grief and remorse of losing a friend because his judgment was impaired by the bonds of friendship. While this doesn’t prevent him from interacting with the crew, he does avoid anything beyond simply socializing with his crewmates.

Description:

Doctor Sumners could easily be described as a stereotypical human in appearance. Of an average height and build, there is little that could distinguish him from any other human to the untrained eye. He keeps his hair cropped short; partly for vanity, and partly due to his profession.

Background:

Doctor Sumners was introduced to the medical practice at a young age; his father practiced medicine at the local hospital. His father's inspiration lead Kyle to specialize in sciences and mathematics while completing his primary education at the local schooling facilities, both of which are important to medical personnel.

In his sophomore year of High School, Kyle completed a basic First Aid course offered by his schooling facility, learning the basics of treating minor injuries, such as scrapes and small cuts. While he never had the opportunity to put that knowledge to use, it was enough to put Sumners on the road to his chosen profession.

Hearing the tales of Starfleet Legends of Captain Kirk, Captain Spock, and Admiral McCoy in his classes, Kyle stepped onto a path different path then his father, and submitted an application to attend Starfleet Medical's eight-year program. He was driven by the knowledge that Starfleet would present him with the challenges that he would not face in planetbound medicine; unknown diseases to cure, and new lifeforms to treat.

Disciplinary Notations:

None at this time.