Dr. John Burke is a physician at the Smallville Medical Center.
Season Seven[]
After Chloe Sullivan briefly died (after using her metahuman power to resurrect Lois Lane), she was taken to the Smallville Medical Center, where Dr. Burke attempted to save Chloe's life. After Dr. Burke had declared Chloe deceased, she went to talk to Lois (the cousin of Chloe), only to be told by Clark Kent that Lois had just left. As Clark was not a family member of Chloe's, Dr. Burke could not tell him, before notifying the immediate family (i.e. Lois Lane).
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Notes[]
- Chloe Sullivan's toe tag, and death certificate, gives the character's full name as "John Burke". "John" is traditionally a masculine name. However, it is not unheard of for women to have traditionally masculine names (ex. Gene Tierney, Sean Young and Glenn Close).
In the Comics[]
A male Dr. Burke appears in Superman #161 (May, 1963). He treated Jonathan and Martha Kent, after they came down with a mysterious disease and died.