Ellis Mayfield

Ellis Mayfield is a Surgeon who works for the Royal College of Surgeons of England and is played by TheDrMax.

## Early Life

Ellis Mayfield was born into a quite wealthy family. His Father a Doctor and Mother a housekeeper. They lived in a city house on the outskirts of the city Lichfield. From an early age, Ellis always wanted to follow in his Fathers footsteps as a doctor. He often sat in the doctors office all day waiting to see if he could watch and learn from his Fathers work.

Later in his early life, Ellis went to boarding school to get a stricter education so he could follow his passion for medicine, like his father. He enjoyed studying and learning new things at school. He often did extra work to receive praise from his peers. This sometimes caused name callings of 'Teacher's Pet' but these went over Ellis' head, continuing to study and do extra credit. After his final school year came to an end, Ellis headed back home to Lichfield to wait for the results of his King's College application.

### Career In Medicine.

It was no surprise that Ellis would be accepted into the King's College Medicine degree once he returned home from boarding school. A week after being accepted, Ellis moved to London with his parents so he could study. His time studying medicine was the best time of his life. His dream had finally come true, and he was going to become a doctor. Five years of studying medicine flew by for Ellis and he soon began to search for a position at the North London Hospital, owned and ran by King's College University. Because of his background and family career in medicine, he was offered a position at the hospital.

Ellis received and began the surgical residency that same year, and just a couple of weeks after finishing his studies. The change from studying from a textbook to studying and working full time as a doctor was a hard switch, but he was up for the task. Ellis completed his residency in General Surgery before taking a one year fellowship into Trauma Surgery.

### The Board Blow Out

Being apart of the Royal College of Surgeons of England Union had many benefits. After completing his fellowship in Trauma Surgery, a seat opened on the board committee which he took. Ellis worked as a board member and as a doctor for the following two years. While seated, he pushed many changes to the healthcare in England, most of them being surgically related. Dr. Mayfield's most important and final change he tried to push was to use antiseptic vial's and for them to be compulsory for Obstetricians in delivering babies. While working in the hospital and reading articles from other doctors, Ellis was in an agreement that the constant delivery of babies in a day, would cause a higher risk of infection to the mother because of the doctor not using antiseptic cleaning methods. The proposition did not go well across the board. The board was mostly filled with an older generation of doctors who saw no future in Obstetrics or Gynecology or for them to be a specialty at all. After the long meeting, Ellis was dismissed from the board seat.

### Moving To The United States Of America

After being removed from the committee, Dr. Mayfield decided to move elsewhere to continue his career. His move to America was quite abrupt, leaving his parents behind. They understood why he left, but were obviously upset. Upon arriving at New York, he shortly after took a coach to Chicago, where he planned to stay. The Chicago hospital were very accepting of Ellis and offered him a job there. Life in Chicago was decent. He enjoyed the area and being somewhere completely different than London. Crime was at a high in Chicago meaning most of his patients were of the police department, trying to take down a suspect. On occasion, the Trauma team would have to head out into the field to provide treatment. Ellis soon realized that being in the field put him on edge. Anything could happen out there. Anything could change, and he loved the idea of that. His time in Chicago was cut short. Mayfield handed in his resignation and left to work in the field.

Having earned enough money to survive on for a year, Ellis worked alone and began to travel around, providing treatment. He moved to Saint Denis in Lemoyne, working in the free clinic inside the city for surgical patients and traveling around to treat people in the field. Work was better in Lemoyne. There was a increase in shootouts and horse injuries so Ellis was always needed for treatment in the area. He made new friends; like Irish brother Aran and Cian, other doctors and organisations too. This was a new, fresh start.

### The Fellowship Into OB/GYN

On the 4th of November 1899, Ellis met Dr. Jane Franzi, an OB/GYN. The two of them worked on a patient in the field on the outskirts of Blackwater. The two of them got on well together and once the patient was treated, they both went to the bar to discuss things and relax after the day of work. Ellis discussed with Jane about his proposal to the board back in London regarding Obstetrics, and Jane commended him. She agreed that antiseptic was not used enough in childbirth and postpartum care. He later told her that he once wanted to study into obstetrics and gynecology but it was frowned upon by the college board in London. Jane offered Ellis to study under her, which he decided to take her up on. She began to teach him that same week, taking him around to patients and studying on the go.

## Trivia

* Ellis has a horse called Teresa who he takes most places.
* He has performed multiple surgical procedures in the back of Cian's sterile stagecoach.
* Pushed the committee towards a healthier future with OB/GYN patients before being fired from the medical board.
* Favorite fruit is Pineapple
* Enjoys walks through forests
* Survived being pushed off a waterfall in West Elizabeth
* Enjoy's riding Knox's stage coach with the two mighty horses; 'Dino' and 'Casino'