Chicago Med season 11
The eleventh season of Chicago Med, an American drama television series an American medical drama television series with executive producer Dick Wolf, and producers Michael Brandt, Derek Haas, Peter Jankowski and Allen MacDonald, was ordered on May 6, 2025 and premiered on October 1, 2025. The season will consist of 21 episodes.
Cast
Main characters
- Steven Weber as Dr. Dean Archer, Attending Physician and Board certified in Trauma Surgery
- Jessy Schram as Dr. Hannah Asher, Attending Physician and Board certified in OBGYN
- Luke Mitchell as Dr. Mitchell Ripley, Attending Physician in Emergency Medicine
- Sarah Ramos as Dr. Caitlin Lenox, Chief of Emergency Medicine
- Darren Barnet as Dr. John Frost, Emergency Pediatrics resident and former television actor
- S. Epatha Merkerson as Sharon Goodwin, executive director of Patient and Medical Services at Gaffney Chicago Medical Center
- Oliver Platt as Dr. Daniel Charles, Chief of Psychiatry at Gaffney Chicago Medical Center
Recurring characters
- Brennan Brown as Dr. Samuel Abrams, Chief of Neurosurgery
- Lorena Diaz as Doris Perez, ED Charge Nurse
- Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut as Dr. Naomi Howard, newly qualified doctor in the ED
- Gregory Alan Williams as Bert Goodwin, Sharon's ex-husband
- Manish Dayal as Dr. Theo Rabari, an innovative psychiatrist
- Merrin Dungey as Dr. Jennifer Kingston, an oncologist at Gaffney
- Luigi Sottile as Sean Archer, Dean's son, a recovery coach at a Florida clinic
- Hope Lauren as Lynne Murphy Sullivan, widow of Ripley's best friend, Sully
- Kim Quindlen as Nurse Kacy
- Logan Miller as Kip Lenox, Caitlin's brother
- Marc Grapey as Peter Kalmick, Gaffney's Head of Legal
- Jeremy Shouldis as Dr. Marty Peterson, an anesthesiologist at Gaffney
Special guest stars
- Nick Gehlfuss as Dr. Will Halstead
- Torrey DeVitto as Dr. Natalie Manning
Crossover characters
- Marina Squerciati as Detective Kim Burgess
- Hanako Greensmith as Paramedic Violet Mikami
- Jocelyn Hudon as Paramedic Lizzie Novak
Episodes
Production
Casting
It was announced on August 28, 2025, that original cast member Marlyne Barrett was stepping back from the series, citing personal reasons, and would not be returning for Season 11. Barrett's character was said to have left the hospital prior to the season premiere.Series showrunner Allen MacDonald said in an interview on May 25, 2025, that he planned to bring back "another original cast member or two". The returnees were later confirmed to be Nick Gehlfuss and Torrey DeVitto, who both returned in the second episode. Gehlfuss' return was announced ahead of time, but DeVitto's was kept a surprise until the episode aired. Both actors also appeared in the next episode which followed directly on from the previous one.