Neela Rasgotra

Neela Rasgotra
Parminder Nagra as Neela Rasgotra
First appearance	September 25, 2003 (Season 10, "Now What?")
Last appearance	April 2, 2009 (Season 15, "And In the End...")
Portrayed by	Parminder Nagra
Information
Gender	Female
Occupation	General Surgeon and Emergency Medicine Physician
Title	Medical Student (2003-2004) ER Intern (2004-2005) ER Resident Physician (2005-2006) Surgical Intern (2006) Surgical Resident Physician (2006-2009)
Spouse(s)	Michael Gallant (husband; deceased) Tony Gates (ex-boyfriend) Simon Brenner (ex-boyfriend) Ray Barnett (boyfriend)
Relatives	Parents, several brothers and sisters. Jaspreet (cousin)

Dr. Neela Rasgotra (former married name Gallant) is a fictional character portrayed by Parminder Nagra on the television show ER. Following the departure of Goran Visnjic, Maura Tierney, and Mekhi Phifer this left Nagra as the longest term cast member on ER. Parminder Nagra's addition into the main cast opening credits was in the 3rd episode of season 10. The character was listed in Wetpaint's "10 Hottest Female Doctors on TV" and in BuzzFeed's "16 Hottest Doctors On Television".

Neela Kaur Rasgotra first appeared in late 2003 at the start of the 10th season as a talented but very reticent medical student from Southall, London, of Punjabi Sikh heritage.

She arrives on her first day as the ER is undergoing major renovations and is for the most part unnoticed, except by Dr. Michael Gallant, who guides her through the rough start in the hospital, and Dr. Greg Pratt, who flirts a little bit with her. Neela is very intelligent but sometimes stumbles in her doctor–patient communications skills. This proves disastrous when she informs the wrong woman of her grandson's death.

A very reserved individual, she faces her first big crisis at County when a helicopter crash occurs on Thanksgiving Day, killing Dr. Robert Romano and pushing her and everyone else there to their limits. Nevertheless, she does her job superbly. It is also revealed that Neela had a terrible case of claustrophobia, which she later conquers by gutting out a hyperbaric chamber session that helped save a baby's life (due to the baby having severe carbon monoxide poisoning).