"Mystery Diagnosis" (2005) TV series 2005-

Seasons:

1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | unknown

Release Date:

28 September 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Reality-TV

Tagline:

When illness strikes, we look to doctors to find the answer. But what if they can't? For those unlucky patients diagnosis is a mystery.

Cast

Jack Donoghue	...	Preschool Student / ... (2 episodes, 2008-2009)
Robin Ellsworth	...	Doctor (2 episodes, 2010-2011)
Jacob Baeza	...	Doctor / ... (2 episodes, 2010)
Renee St. Gelais	...	Angela / ... (2 episodes, 2010)
James Konczyk	...	Les / ... (2 episodes, 2011)

Series Directed by
Dana Ross		(1 episode, 2008)

Series Writing credits
Kevin Johnston		(4 episodes, 2009)

Series Produced by
Aimee Howard	....	story producer / associate story producer (27 episodes, 2005-2008)
Ellen Teitel	....	story producer / associate producer (22 episodes, 2005-2007)
Dan Messina	....	story producer / associate producer (14 episodes, 2007-2008)
Nicole L. Karczewski	....	line producer / producer (13 episodes, 2008-2009)
Danielle Wilkinson	....	story producer (10 episodes, 2005-2007)
Caitlin Mae Burke	....	associate producer / producer (6 episodes, 2009-2011)
Katie M. White	....	producer / associate producer / ... (6 episodes, 2009-2011)
Joshua Koffman	....	producer (5 episodes, 2007-2009)
Joanna Chejade-Bloom	....	producer (5 episodes, 2007-2008)
Deborah Kurtz	....	producer / supervising producer (4 episodes, 2007-2009)
Kera Rennert	....	producer: promo (4 episodes, 2007-2008)
Lee Doyle	....	casting producer / associate producer (4 episodes, 2009-2010)
Renee Sniatkowski	....	producer (4 episodes, 2009)
Joe Mustachio	....	associate producer (4 episodes, 2010-2011)
Erich Sturm	....	producer (3 episodes, 2007-2009)
Monica Haim	....	producer (3 episodes, 2007-2008)
David Cherella	....	producer (3 episodes, 2009-2010)
Stephanya Miller	....	executive producer (3 episodes, 2009-2010)
Jamie Lustberg	....	producer (2 episodes, 2005)
Steve McLaughlin	....	producer (2 episodes, 2006)
Geoffrey Greer	....	associate producer (2 episodes, 2007)
Jon Rafols	....	associate producer (2 episodes, 2007)
Jason Gaul	....	associate producer / producer (2 episodes, 2009)
Amanda Rosenberg	....	associate producer (2 episodes, 2009)
Annie Henckel	....	associate producer (2 episodes, 2010)
Rennik Soholt	....	producer (2 episodes, 2010)
Jennalise Vescovo	....	associate producer (2 episodes, 2010)
Cecile Bouchardeau	....	producer (unknown episodes)
Royd Chung	....	producer (unknown episodes)
Trisha Sorrells	....	story producer (unknown episodes)
Jaclyn Stemple	....	associate producer (unknown episodes)
Eleanor Yu	....	producer (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
Matthew Richard Harris		(1 episode, 2007)

Series Cinematography by
Daniel Kelly		(14 episodes, 2007-2009)
Jonathan Miller		(13 episodes, 2005-2009)
Tom Donatelli		(3 episodes, 2010)
Anne Etheridge		(unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
Jason Spencer		(5 episodes, 2007-2008)
Edward Negron		(4 episodes, 2009-2010)
Jonathan Moser		(2 episodes, 2007-2008)
Seth Anderson		(unknown episodes)
Leah O'Donnell		(unknown episodes)

Series Makeup Department
Cristina Atkin	....	special makeup effects artist (1 episode, 2010)
Michelle Herget	....	makeup artist (1 episode, 2010)
Katie Jennings	....	makeup artist (1 episode, 2010)
Alison Samantha Johnson	....	makeup artist (1 episode, 2010)
Conor McCullagh	....	special makeup effects artist (1 episode, 2010)
Nancy Mendoza	....	special makeup effects artist (1 episode, 2010)
Michelle Michalak	....	special makeup effects artist (1 episode, 2010)
Heather Nada	....	makeup artist (1 episode, 2010)
Tina Schehr	....	makeup artist (1 episode, 2010)

Series Production Management
Nikki Borrelli	....	director of production (13 episodes, 2005-2008)
André Lanoie	....	production manager (3 episodes, 2009-2010)
Nicole L. Karczewski	....	production manager (2 episodes, 2007)

Series Sound Department
Brice Picard	....	sound re-recording mixer (4 episodes, 2008)
Graham Gardner	....	sound mixer (unknown episodes, 2008)
Bill Williams	....	sound recordist (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Adam Lukens	....	gaffer (1 episode, 2007)
Jay Hufford	....	lighting technician (1 episode, 2008)
Austin Keller	....	set lighting technician (1 episode, 2010)
Mark Klink	....	key grip (1 episode, 2010)
Tim Metzger	....	additional photography (1 episode, 2010)
August Popkin	....	gaffer (1 episode, 2010)
Barry Strickland	....	gaffer / grip (unknown episodes)

Series Casting Department
Katie M. White	....	casting associate producer (20 episodes, 2009-2010)
Andrew Becker	....	casting / casting producer (3 episodes, 2010)

Series Editorial Department
Carissa DiFazio	....	additional editor (7 episodes, 2009)
Steve Beganyi	....	colorist / on-line editor (unknown episodes)

Series Music Department
Gary Kuo	....	composer: additional music (27 episodes, 2005-2009)

Series Other crew
Joe Mustachio	....	production coordinator (10 episodes, 2009)
Mina Adibpour	....	production coordinator (2 episodes, 2008)
Rei Vallejo	....	production assistant (2 episodes, 2011)
June Frances Coleman	....	production accountant (unknown episodes)
Louis L. Santos	....	technical operations manager (unknown episodes)

Series Thanks
George Farber	....	special thanks (1 episode, 2010)
Judy Martin Finch	....	special thanks (1 episode, 2010)
Kathy Holleman	....	special thanks (1 episode, 2010)
Karen Karabell	....	special thanks (1 episode, 2010)
Ivan Nino	....	special thanks (1 episode, 2010)
Michael Steppie	....	special thanks (1 episode, 2010)

Production Companies

• True Entertainment

Other Companies

• Postworks New York  post production services
• The Lighting Zone  grip and lighting equipment (season 1)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

VT2 Studios - 2401 W. Bellfort Street, Houston, Texas, USA

Company:

True Entertainment

Great Medical Show

If you like House, you will like this show. And as is so often he case, the real version makes the non-real aspects of the other appear completely superfluous. These guys cover 3 cases in an hour, w/no stupid love interest sidelights. The only thing I don't like about this show is that it rips off Errol Morris so ruthlessly they should be paying him a royalty.

One of the other points to make here is that the real show has a diametrically opposite message from the fiction one. In House, the formula is the patient always lies and the genius doctor pieces together the truth by finding the lies. In this show, reality is much uglier: the doctors are INSANELY incompetent, and invariably, in the face of incompetence, the patients and/or their parents, put up with an unbelievable amount of grief. Countless cases result in people enduring torturous chronic illnesses for years, and in some cases, having their lives ruined because some jackass doctor couldn't be bothered to fill in the whole picture.

House is the happy, status quo version of this world, making you feel better because the genius figures out how to undope the problem. This is much more troubling, but ultimately, also much more rewarding.