Daniel Lovallo
Dr Daniel Lovallo (2010)
Teo Gilbert
Episodes: 5121-5134
Occupation: Doctor
Dr Daniel Lovallo came to Summer Bay with a hidden agenda. We first saw Daniel in the hospital grounds where his unexpected appearance surprised Rachel. He resided in the United States and had clinics in New Orleans, New York and Mexico. He planned to open up a clinic in Boston which had a state of the art super clinic comprising of an Emergency Unit, pathology, x-rays on site, proton therapy for cancer patients and spinal rehabilitation. He also mentioned to Tony that one third of the work done in the United States was pro bono. Daniel’s Dad was very rich but he died and so Daniel was now putting his money to good use.
Daniel was single and managed to charm the likes of Colleen with his compliments regarding the food served at the Pier Diner. Rachel called him Mr ‘I Haven’t Found The Right Girl Yet But I Probably Won’t Because I’m Having Too Much Fun Looking’ when it came to him not settling down and raising a family or getting married.
Daniel and Rachel were old medical school buddies and that they almost started a General Practice together when they were “spring chickens”. Daniel retold Tony the story of Rachel’s nudie ride on a horse across the Uni campus therefore she gained the nickname of “Lady Godiva” or “Diva” for short. She hadn’t been called that in years though. He hadn’t been in contact with Rachel for the last couple of years.
Daniel’s hidden agenda was that he wanted Rachel to run the Emergency Unit in the new Boston clinic and that he would be Rachel’s boss. Daniel had a habit of making decisions on his own then acting upon them very quickly. Daniel was the guy that was “threatening Tony and Rachel’s marriage” when it came to the job offer in the United States.
Daniel was invited to dinner to Angelo’s restaurant for the trial run the night before its opening along with Leah, Miles, Charlie, Tony and Rachel while Angelo served them their meals. The job offer caused an enormous amount of friction between Tony and Rachel so whenever Rachel came to Daniel for advice he would talk about how Tony must be feeling having to relocate his family overseas, he mentioned that that married couples do fight and he wondered if the marriage had been harmed due to the job offer issue. Daniel even walked Rachel home after causing a fight between Tony and Rachel over the job offer. Daniel tried to reason with Tony and Daniel came to talk to him about Rachel, her abilities and how her talents were being wasted in Summer Bay as Daniel wanted Rachel to prove herself on the world’s stage. Daniel was also a shoulder to cry on when Rachel was upset after her chat with Tony as he was being honest about the move to the United States and that he didn’t want to go. Rachel was at the Pier Diner and Daniel had a chat with her about the job offer.
Daniel was persistent about the Boston job offer and he needed to know by the end of the week but then the window of opportunity for the job offer had shrunk. He mentioned that there was another applicant interested, that that applicant also had another job offer and if Rachel didn’t take the job then he would have to snap up the other applicant before they were lured by another job offer. This put pressure on Rachel to make a decision and Daniel told her to phone her with an outcome as he really wanted her to take the job but he needed to know the outcome by the end of the day. Daniel had his people look at job opportunities for Tony in the United States and he wanted the information to come from Rachel and not him. He also wanted Rachel to be committed to her decision when she agreed. Rachel gave Daniel an answer and was to start the job in Boston in two weeks. Rachel also mentioned to Tony that Daniel’s clinic offered to pay for childcare facilities and also for a nanny.
Daniel had to go back to the United States and he was flying out that night. He had to abandon Rachel as he had to meet with his investors. He told Rachel that she had to hit the ground running once she got to Boston and that she needed to be focused on her job. He left but not before he gave Rachel a hug.