Dave Malucci

Dave Malucci
First appearance	October 7, 1999
Last appearance	October 18, 2001
Portrayed by	Erik Palladino
In-universe information
Gender	male
Occupation	ER resident
Children	One son

Dr. Dave Malucci was a fictional character on the NBC prime time drama ER. He was portrayed by Erik Palladino.

Season 6

Dave Malucci is a first-year resident. He steals gear from an ambulance to go help out some construction workers injured at a site in Episode 115 "Last Rites". He takes Carter with him and they both get chewed out by Kerry Weaver. He occasionally goes over the rules to get things done; he often comes off as uncaring but can be a sensitive person. He is able to diagnose a patient with a rare disease called Jamaican Vomiting Sickness, because of his experience attending medical school in Grenada.

Season 7

Dave Malucci was not seen as often in season 7. When he did show up, he generally acted the same as in season 6. Towards the end of the season, he begins to mature and understand his patients better than he used to. He makes friends with most of the ER staff, save for Weaver, who doesn't like him and vice versa, and Benton who slugged Malucci after he made callous remarks while treating Benton's nephew Jesse, who was shot by gangbangers and died of his wounds. In the episode 'Thy Will Be Done' Malucci revealed that he has a fear of clowns.

Season 8

Early on in season 8, Jing-Mei and Dave Malucci kill a patient due to not checking all his information, with Malucci wrongly assuming the patient is using drugs and Carter recognizing that he has Marfan's Syndrome but the treatment by Malucci and Chen proving fatal for someone with Marfan's. This leads to Weaver (who is also complicit in the disaster because she left the ER and forgot her pager while it was occurring) coming down on Malucci harder than ever before, even saying that in a perfect world she would never subject any patients to his care. A few episodes later, he is caught having sex with a paramedic in an ambulance, to which Weaver responds by firing him. Malucci goes to Greene for help, who doesn't really like him but makes a case that Kerry can't fire him just because she doesn't get along with him; despite his best efforts, Weaver is adamant on keeping Malucci fired. Just before he walks out, Malucci reveals that he has a son, which does nothing to change Weaver's opinion of him. As he leaves, he yells at her in the lobby, saying that the only reason she wants everything in the ER to be as she wants it is because she has nothing else and no one else in her life. He then calls her a "cold-hearted bitch" and a "Nazi dyke" as he walks out. He returns in the next episode to clean out his locker in front of Kerry, and the characters do not say anything to each other. Later in Season 8, Carter tells Gallant that Malucci thought he knew everything, made a mistake and killed a patient (the Marfan's case).

External links

• Character biography at ER Headquarters
• Bio at TNT.com
• Official ER website at NBC.com