A medical assistant was a nurse or secondary doctor who was a supplement to the chief medical officer of a starship or space station. Most Federation starships carried a medical assistant. The title was similar to the role of medical technician.

List of medical assistants Edit

• Christine Chapel (USS Enterprise)
• Bobby (USS Enterprise)
• Connors (USS Enterprise)
• Brent (USS Enterprise)
• Christine Chapel (USS Enterprise-A)
• Alyssa Ogawa (USS Enterprise-D)
• Alyssa Ogawa (USS Enterprise-E)
• Jabara (Deep Space 9)
• Kes (USS Voyager)
• Surmak Ren, Bajoran medical assistant who witnessed and signed the Certificate of Death of Dekon Elig. (DS9: "Babel")
• Tom Paris (USS Voyager) (supplementary to his duty as chief helmsman)