Sophia Lenzner
Oct 18, 2026
Twin brothers Travan and Travis Jasper have worked their ways to working together!
July 24, 1969, Richmond, VA.(1) Identical twins were born 37 seconds apart. Travan Jasper and Travis Jasper. Growing up, the two had a typical competitive sibling rivalry and could be set off by anything.
When they were 12, their uncle was in the hospital. When the doctor was talking to the family and the boys about their uncle’s condition, the twins said that the doctor used a condescending tone as if they would not understand. This was a turning point for the twins and their rivalry. According to The Washington Post (article linked below), in the hallway, they told each other, ‘We could do better than that.’” It was then that they decided to become doctors.
As they went on to college, med school, and residency, they started to get along better and even lean on each other. According to The Washington Post (article linked below), the twins said “that they were each other’s ‘superpower.’”
When Travis was offered a job as the emergency department medical director in a hospital in Georgia, he said that he would only accept it if his brother could serve alongside him. To make it easier for other people to tell them apart Travan started wearing purple scrubs and Travis started wearing green.
In April, they became the first duo to serve as co-medical directors of the emergency room at Chippenham hospital in Richmond.
Travis told The Washington Post (article linked below), “‘No matter how challenging the days are, life’s events, you can’t quit’... ‘because you got somebody else that wouldn’t quit and … would never quit on you.’”
Now at Chippeanham, they work different shifts but still talk about family and kids on their daily walks. Both have said they are interested in pursuing other careers after medicine. Travan in ministry and Travis as a high school science teacher. But, they enjoy where they are now.
This article was adapted from The Washington Post’s “These identical twins both became doctors. Now they run an ER together.” by Kyle Melnick.
Melnick, Kyle, “These identical twins both became doctors. Now they run an ER together,” The Washington Post, 4 September 2026, https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2026/09/04/these-identical-twins-both-became-doctors-now-they-run-an-er-together/.