
Dr. Mark Sloan is chief of Internal Medicine at Community General Hospital -- and sometime consultant to the local police department. When he's drawn into a case, he combines sleuthing and medicine to solve the crime. That crime is usually one his detective son, Steve, is working on as a member of the local police department. Dr. Sloan's medical colleagues, including doctors Amanda Bentley, Jack Stewart and Jesse Travis, are also frequently drawn into his investigations.
A priest suspected of murder hears the true killer's confession and can't break his vow of confidentiality, so Mark goes undercover to clear his name and put the real killer behind bars.
Someone kills a medical student, drains his blood and stores the corpse in the Community General morgue.
Dr. Sloan investigates the demise of a television star who may have died because of compulsive dieting.
The shooting death of a patient opens a doorway to Mark's past that forces him to face the disappearance of his father.