Lonnie began working at Sacred Heart as one of Dr. Dorian's interns and continued his residency under the guidance of Dr. Cox. He has three children "that he knows of" and played Big East Conference basketball for Villanova University , where he was All-Conference. Lonnie is strongly disliked by Dr. Dorian, in a way similar of his hatred for Keith, mainly due to his outgoing nature and perhaps more to do with the fact that, unlike most of the other interns, he doesn't appear to fear his mentor .