Patrick Drake is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera General Hospital, a protagonist in both seasons of its prime time SOAPnet spin-off General Hospital: Night Shift and one half of on-screen couple Patrick Drake and Robin Scorpio.

From April 23 to 28, 2008, the role of Patrick Drake was played by Ethan Erickson while Thompson was having minor surgery.

[3] Patrick was born in September 18, 1976[4][5] and grew up the only child of Noah (Rick Springfield) and Mattie Drake.

Because his father Dr. Noah Drake could not perform the operation, Dr. Robin Scorpio (Kimberly McCullough) seeks Patrick out.

Initially refusing, he agrees after Carly Corinthos (Laura Wright) and Sam McCall (Kelly Monaco) cast aspersions on his abilities as a surgeon.

After months of casually dating Robin, Patrick is exposed to HIV while performing surgery on a patient with AIDS.

Patrick discovers his father had another son, Matt Hunter (Jason Cook), who is a doctor at General Hospital.

The two brothers bond, and Matt serves as the best man at Robin and Patrick's wedding on December 26, 2008.

Patrick's ex-girlfriend from college, Lisa Niles (Brianna Brown), appears in town on a consult with Robin.

When he helps Lisa move into her new apartment, he realizes that she's making a play for him, and ends her hopes of getting back together with him when he tells her that he loves Robin, and nothing will change that.

Patrick desperately tries to save his marriage, and though they slowly start making amends, Robin is not ready to trust him again.

Unknown to Patrick or Robin, Anthony Zacchara (Bruce Weitz) revives her and then lets her loose to terrorize Port Charles.

At the same time that Patrick is saying goodbye, Robin is shown to be very much alive and held captive in an undisclosed location.

Lulu Spencer (Julie Marie Berman) and Maxie Jones (Kirsten Storms) eventually intervene and get him to detox.

Patrick befriends nursing student Sabrina Santiago (Teresa Castillo), but dates Britt Westbourne (Kelly Thiebaud), a fellow doctor.

Meanwhile, Sabrina admits to Patrick that she lied, and he is the father of her baby after Robin left Port Charles again.

Patrick is fired because of a struggle with his conscience during surgery and he later learns someone put Rafe up to running his family off the road.