The Malcorian doctor in charge of the medical facility where the disguised Riker is treated in First Contact, who puts his patient's safety before political pressure and loses his post.
Berel is a physician on Malcor III and the head of the Sikla Medical Facility. He appears in the fourth-season episode First Contact, set in 2367.
Riker, surgically altered to pass as a Malcorian and using the name Rivas Jakara, is brought in after being hurt in a riot. Berel's staff quickly find anatomical oddities that cannot be explained, and he concludes that the patient is not from their world. He orders the discovery kept quiet and continues treatment.
When the security minister Krola demands that Riker be revived with stimulants for questioning, Berel refuses because it could kill him, insisting his oath covers any patient. He is removed from his position and replaced by the more pliable Nilrem.