Doctor Julian Bashir

Dr. Julian  Subatoi Bashir is one of the most promising officers ever to graduate from Starfleet Academy. Even as a student, he excels and earns a formidable reputation, and many are surprised that he only finishes second in his year, behind Dr. Elizabeth Lens. The error he makes in his finals paper, mistaking a preganglionic fiber for a postganglionic nerve, seems so unlikely that it has been suggested that at some subconscious level it was a deliberate mistake. Bashir's extraordinary abilities earn him the assignment of his choice, and he picks Deep Space Nine. The combined challenges of the reconstruction of Bajor, and the medical needs of the hundreds of races that pass through the station, give Bashir ample chances to display his abilities.
 Within three years, his groundbreaking work in biomolecular replication wins him a nomination for the prestigious Carrington Award. At 30, Bashir is the youngest person ever nominated for the award, which is normally used to acknowledge a lifetime of achievement. Bashir publishes widely, and his work is read throughout Starfleet. Bashir's sometime rival, Dr. Lens, is particularly impressed by his immunization project on Bajor. And, during his time on Deep Space Nine, he develops several innovative treatments. One of the most significant achievements involves his completion of Nathaniel Teros' work on neuro-muscular adaptation. Bashir's work makes it possible for native Elayshans to move normally in standard Class-M gravity without the assistance of servo controls. By 2373, Bashir's reputation is so great that Starfleet Medical chooses him as the model for the Long-term Medical Holographic Program, a holographic doctor that will serve numerous subspace communication stations, research outposts, and long-range exploratory vessels for decades to come. Bashir's appearance and bedside manner will live on into eternity. Most of the crew on Deep Space Nine consider Julian Bashir to be open and talkative, but he very rarely discusses his parents. He even goes so far as to ask Lewis Zimmerman, Director of Holographic Imaging & Programming at the Jupiter Research Station, not to contact them in the process of building a psychological profile for the LMH.