History
Beginning to Understand
"Last time you ordered me to bed I think I was six..."
Carolyn Lam is the only child of Kim and Hank Landry, an Air Force officer . Growing up with a father in the military was extremely hard for her as he would often disappear for day, sometimes weeks at a time. She wasn't able to understand why he had to do that due to the fact he wasn't able to explain because of it's highly classified nature. Because of this, Carolyn became resentful and eventually estranged from her father. Her mother divorced Landry after twelve years of marriage. Her parents stopped speaking entirely approximately three years before Carolyn arrived at Stargate Command, and only Carolyn was communicating with her.
Carolyn became a medical doctor. At some point her studies and experience included surgical knowledge, because she was able to competently work on a Jaffa after he suffered a critical staff weapon injury. She also spent time at the Center for Disease Control (CDC).
Eventually, she was approached by General Jack O'Neill to become the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of Stargate Command (SGC) and replace Dr. Janet Frasier who had died. She admitted she couldn't resist the opportunity working at the facility. However, at the time she accepted the job, she did not realize the new commanding officer of the SGC would be her father, Major General Hank Landry. She worked at settling into the facility, but admitted she wasn't sure if she'd ever get used to the place. She rented a place in the Cimarron Hills district of Colorado Springs area and admitted to her father she was not certain how long she would stay.
One crisis that occurred early in her tenure of CMO was when Dr. Daniel Jackson and Vala Mal Doran activated the Ancient Communication Terminal. Her first notice of the experiment was when Col. Cameron Mitchell called for a medical team because the two had collapsed. She vented her ire on Dr. Bill Lee for "messing around" with the device before she was able to determine the medical risks and status of the pair-who were already an object of concern because they were linked by alien technology, kor mak bracelets, that caused them to collapse if out of proximity of each other for any length of time.
Daniel and Vala remained in some kind of induced dream-like coma. Carolyn monitored their condition. At one point Vala went into full cardiac arrest, and despite Carolyn's best efforts, died. She immediately focused her efforts trying to disconnect Daniel from the kor mak bracelet before he perished as well. Fortunately, Vala revived (due to events happening in the Ori galaxy). Carolyn, Lee and the medical team monitored the spikes in Daniel and Vala's condition with concern. At one point, Lee noticed Daniel's condition changing. As Carolyn checked his vitals, Daniel and Vala awoke and warned her of the danger of the Ori and Priors before lapsing back into their comas. She immediately reported their warning to Gen. Landry, who was hosting a Prior in the SGC briefing room. Daniel and Vala both went into full arrest again. Carolyn and her team attempted to stabilize the pair while Col. Mitchell and Teal'c took action with the Ancient Communication Terminal. Lam was about to shock Daniel's heart when the destruction of the device caused Daniel and Vala to revive.
Unfortunately, their experience with the Ancient Communication Terminal had an unknown side effect on Daniel and Vala. Even after Vala released the kor mak bracelets, the pair remained linked. An hour after Vala left, Daniel collapsed and remained unresponsive until Vala returned to the SGC. Carolyn monitored Daniel and was present when he awakened. Eventually, the effect wore off on its own.
Dr. Lam had to deal with an epidemic when Col. Mitchell reported the inhabitants of P8X-412 were falling ill after a visit from a Prior. Carolyn led a team to the planet, all wearing hazmat gear. Despite all their actions, her team was unable to either stop the spread of the plague, nor cure the victims. Col. Mitchell also succumbed to the disease Lam pronounced the community leader, Azdak, dead, and informed Dr. Jackson that Azdak would only be the first casualty. The Prior cured the population, including Mitchell, when the villagers submitted to the Ori.
When the Sodan Jaffa warrior Volnek was discovered with a staff blast injury, he was brought to the SGC, where Lam worked for nine hours in surgery trying to save the Sodan's life. She was unable to save Volnek's symbiote and was forced to place the Sodan Jaffa on tretonin. Even after finishing the surgery and being exhausted, she remained by Volnek's side until she was more certain of his recovery.
Carolyn's next treatment of an alien entity was when SG-1 recovered Khalek from a stasis pod on P3X-584. She noted that Khalek's physiology was similar to that of the Ancients. They later discovered that Khalek was an experiment by Anubis mixing both Ancient DNA with that of his own pre-ascension DNA. Carolyn was surprised when Dr. Jackson suggested terminating Khalek's life and that the group was seriously considering the idea. She was later injured when Khalek broke free and shot her with a zat gun.
She was fascinated with the results they had recorded while Khalek was using his telekinetic abilities. From their results, she believed his abilities could be controlled with a dopamine inhibitor and inserted a shunt into the base of his skull, which would inject a massive dose directly into his system if he took any further violent action. She witnessed Mr. Woolsey's interrogation of Khalek and the prisoner's manipulative tendencies and precognition ability. Later when Mitchell and others were injured from Khalek's second escape attempt, she and her team treated personnel for various injuries.
Carolyn's biggest medical crisis was when members of SG-6 returned from a world dominated by the Ori. After their return, Col. Barnes fell ill with a mysterious disease that had all the hallmarks of the plague she witnessed on P8X-412. Since the plague had mutated from the DNA of a different Prior, she was unable to screen for it in their post-mission checkups, and the plague's carrier, Lt. Fisher, went out into the general population of Colorado. Fisher unwittingly spread the disease before being returned to isolation in the SGC. Based on how the Prior plague was spreading, Lam concluded the disease was persistent and airborne. Carolyn coordinated with the CDC and was in charge of treatment for the patients, but with no cure, she was unable to provide anything more than palliative care.
The ascended being Orlin returned to human form to warn the people of Earth of the danger of the Ori. To retain as much ascended knowledge as possible, Orlin returned as a child. Orlin was beginning to suffer from memory lapses and was overly tired as he tried to help them develop a cure to the Prior plague. Though explaining she was not an expert on neurology, using the brain monitor recovered from the lab on P3X-584, Carolyn was able to diagnose that Orlin's brain cells were literally dying in the effort to try and hold onto the information for as long as possible. Orlin was consciously trying to retain the knowledge, and she could do nothing to stop the degenerative effect.
Several personnel perished from the plague, and the disease spread to other continents. Even Carolyn's father, Gen. Landry, was infected after he confronted the Prior face to face. Eventually, the Prior Gerak was turned by Teal'c against the Ori and used his powers to heal everyone on the base, including Landry. Based on information provided by Orlin, and the antibodies from the cured people at the SGC, Carolyn was able to develop a vaccine that would hopefully prevent the Priors from being able to use the plague as a weapon.
Carolyn also double checked the blood samples taken from Mitchell when he was accused of murder on Galar. She found evidence that he had been knocked unconscious from an electric charge.
When two SG-1 teams appeared on the base, she performed physicals on the team members . As she later reported to Landry, she found both teams were identical and could not determine from her tests which one was the SG team from their reality.
When Dr. Reimer, leader of the field medical unit Red Team reported they and SG-1 had been exposed to an infection that caused stage four sleep, and eventually death, Carolyn sent medical supplies, including several stimulants to the quarantined groups . Another unit in hazmat recovered the teams, and based on research conducted by Dr. Reimer finding the source to be a parasite as well as a speciman of an indigenous lizard, Carolyn's staff was able to develop a cure.
When members of SG-25 was attacked by beasts infected with an interdimensional creature, Vala Mal Doran assisted Carolyn by using the Goa'uld healing device. After Vala lost and recovered her memory in an overload of the Goa'uld Memory Device, Dr. Lam treated her, eventually clearing her for active duty.
Dr. Lam treated injured survivors of the bombing at the Jaffa summit of Dar Eshkalon. Teal'c in particular had to have three surgeries, and Carolyn was concerned he may have been paralyzed from his injuries, but he luckily made a full recovery. She also monitored Bra'tac's critical condition as he recovered from his many injuries, and was very pleased when he regained consciousness and could breathe on his own again. After Teal'c's showdown with the man who ordered the attacks, Arkad, he was once again treated in Carolyn's infirmary.
"Last time you ordered me to bed I think I was six..."
Carolyn Lam is the only child of Kim and Hank Landry, an Air Force officer . Growing up with a father in the military was extremely hard for her as he would often disappear for day, sometimes weeks at a time. She wasn't able to understand why he had to do that due to the fact he wasn't able to explain because of it's highly classified nature. Because of this, Carolyn became resentful and eventually estranged from her father. Her mother divorced Landry after twelve years of marriage. Her parents stopped speaking entirely approximately three years before Carolyn arrived at Stargate Command, and only Carolyn was communicating with her.
Carolyn became a medical doctor. At some point her studies and experience included surgical knowledge, because she was able to competently work on a Jaffa after he suffered a critical staff weapon injury. She also spent time at the Center for Disease Control (CDC).
Eventually, she was approached by General Jack O'Neill to become the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of Stargate Command (SGC) and replace Dr. Janet Frasier who had died. She admitted she couldn't resist the opportunity working at the facility. However, at the time she accepted the job, she did not realize the new commanding officer of the SGC would be her father, Major General Hank Landry. She worked at settling into the facility, but admitted she wasn't sure if she'd ever get used to the place. She rented a place in the Cimarron Hills district of Colorado Springs area and admitted to her father she was not certain how long she would stay.
One crisis that occurred early in her tenure of CMO was when Dr. Daniel Jackson and Vala Mal Doran activated the Ancient Communication Terminal. Her first notice of the experiment was when Col. Cameron Mitchell called for a medical team because the two had collapsed. She vented her ire on Dr. Bill Lee for "messing around" with the device before she was able to determine the medical risks and status of the pair-who were already an object of concern because they were linked by alien technology, kor mak bracelets, that caused them to collapse if out of proximity of each other for any length of time.
Daniel and Vala remained in some kind of induced dream-like coma. Carolyn monitored their condition. At one point Vala went into full cardiac arrest, and despite Carolyn's best efforts, died. She immediately focused her efforts trying to disconnect Daniel from the kor mak bracelet before he perished as well. Fortunately, Vala revived (due to events happening in the Ori galaxy). Carolyn, Lee and the medical team monitored the spikes in Daniel and Vala's condition with concern. At one point, Lee noticed Daniel's condition changing. As Carolyn checked his vitals, Daniel and Vala awoke and warned her of the danger of the Ori and Priors before lapsing back into their comas. She immediately reported their warning to Gen. Landry, who was hosting a Prior in the SGC briefing room. Daniel and Vala both went into full arrest again. Carolyn and her team attempted to stabilize the pair while Col. Mitchell and Teal'c took action with the Ancient Communication Terminal. Lam was about to shock Daniel's heart when the destruction of the device caused Daniel and Vala to revive.
Unfortunately, their experience with the Ancient Communication Terminal had an unknown side effect on Daniel and Vala. Even after Vala released the kor mak bracelets, the pair remained linked. An hour after Vala left, Daniel collapsed and remained unresponsive until Vala returned to the SGC. Carolyn monitored Daniel and was present when he awakened. Eventually, the effect wore off on its own.
Dr. Lam had to deal with an epidemic when Col. Mitchell reported the inhabitants of P8X-412 were falling ill after a visit from a Prior. Carolyn led a team to the planet, all wearing hazmat gear. Despite all their actions, her team was unable to either stop the spread of the plague, nor cure the victims. Col. Mitchell also succumbed to the disease Lam pronounced the community leader, Azdak, dead, and informed Dr. Jackson that Azdak would only be the first casualty. The Prior cured the population, including Mitchell, when the villagers submitted to the Ori.
When the Sodan Jaffa warrior Volnek was discovered with a staff blast injury, he was brought to the SGC, where Lam worked for nine hours in surgery trying to save the Sodan's life. She was unable to save Volnek's symbiote and was forced to place the Sodan Jaffa on tretonin. Even after finishing the surgery and being exhausted, she remained by Volnek's side until she was more certain of his recovery.
Carolyn's next treatment of an alien entity was when SG-1 recovered Khalek from a stasis pod on P3X-584. She noted that Khalek's physiology was similar to that of the Ancients. They later discovered that Khalek was an experiment by Anubis mixing both Ancient DNA with that of his own pre-ascension DNA. Carolyn was surprised when Dr. Jackson suggested terminating Khalek's life and that the group was seriously considering the idea. She was later injured when Khalek broke free and shot her with a zat gun.
She was fascinated with the results they had recorded while Khalek was using his telekinetic abilities. From their results, she believed his abilities could be controlled with a dopamine inhibitor and inserted a shunt into the base of his skull, which would inject a massive dose directly into his system if he took any further violent action. She witnessed Mr. Woolsey's interrogation of Khalek and the prisoner's manipulative tendencies and precognition ability. Later when Mitchell and others were injured from Khalek's second escape attempt, she and her team treated personnel for various injuries.
Carolyn's biggest medical crisis was when members of SG-6 returned from a world dominated by the Ori. After their return, Col. Barnes fell ill with a mysterious disease that had all the hallmarks of the plague she witnessed on P8X-412. Since the plague had mutated from the DNA of a different Prior, she was unable to screen for it in their post-mission checkups, and the plague's carrier, Lt. Fisher, went out into the general population of Colorado. Fisher unwittingly spread the disease before being returned to isolation in the SGC. Based on how the Prior plague was spreading, Lam concluded the disease was persistent and airborne. Carolyn coordinated with the CDC and was in charge of treatment for the patients, but with no cure, she was unable to provide anything more than palliative care.
The ascended being Orlin returned to human form to warn the people of Earth of the danger of the Ori. To retain as much ascended knowledge as possible, Orlin returned as a child. Orlin was beginning to suffer from memory lapses and was overly tired as he tried to help them develop a cure to the Prior plague. Though explaining she was not an expert on neurology, using the brain monitor recovered from the lab on P3X-584, Carolyn was able to diagnose that Orlin's brain cells were literally dying in the effort to try and hold onto the information for as long as possible. Orlin was consciously trying to retain the knowledge, and she could do nothing to stop the degenerative effect.
Several personnel perished from the plague, and the disease spread to other continents. Even Carolyn's father, Gen. Landry, was infected after he confronted the Prior face to face. Eventually, the Prior Gerak was turned by Teal'c against the Ori and used his powers to heal everyone on the base, including Landry. Based on information provided by Orlin, and the antibodies from the cured people at the SGC, Carolyn was able to develop a vaccine that would hopefully prevent the Priors from being able to use the plague as a weapon.
Carolyn also double checked the blood samples taken from Mitchell when he was accused of murder on Galar. She found evidence that he had been knocked unconscious from an electric charge.
When two SG-1 teams appeared on the base, she performed physicals on the team members . As she later reported to Landry, she found both teams were identical and could not determine from her tests which one was the SG team from their reality.
When Dr. Reimer, leader of the field medical unit Red Team reported they and SG-1 had been exposed to an infection that caused stage four sleep, and eventually death, Carolyn sent medical supplies, including several stimulants to the quarantined groups . Another unit in hazmat recovered the teams, and based on research conducted by Dr. Reimer finding the source to be a parasite as well as a speciman of an indigenous lizard, Carolyn's staff was able to develop a cure.
When members of SG-25 was attacked by beasts infected with an interdimensional creature, Vala Mal Doran assisted Carolyn by using the Goa'uld healing device. After Vala lost and recovered her memory in an overload of the Goa'uld Memory Device, Dr. Lam treated her, eventually clearing her for active duty.
Dr. Lam treated injured survivors of the bombing at the Jaffa summit of Dar Eshkalon. Teal'c in particular had to have three surgeries, and Carolyn was concerned he may have been paralyzed from his injuries, but he luckily made a full recovery. She also monitored Bra'tac's critical condition as he recovered from his many injuries, and was very pleased when he regained consciousness and could breathe on his own again. After Teal'c's showdown with the man who ordered the attacks, Arkad, he was once again treated in Carolyn's infirmary.