Specialties
This specialist treats children, from infancy through adolescence.
What is a pediatrician
Cristina's last name.
What is Yang?
The medical term for the surgical removal of the appendix.
What is an appendectomy?
It takes this many years to graduate Med school.
What is 4 years?
This blood type is known as the "universal donor."
What is O-negative?
This specialist treats conditions of the skin, hair, and nails.
What is a dermatologist
This actress has played Meredith Grey since the show began in 2005.
What is Ellen Pompeo?
This imaging procedure uses sound waves, not radiation, to see inside the body.
What is an ultrasound?
The test you have to take to get into Med school.
What is the MCAT?
The medical term for high blood pressure.
What is hypertension?
This surgical specialty operates on the heart and lungs.
What is cardiothoracic surgery?
This is the name of the fictional hospital where the show is set at its start, before it gets renamed.
What is Seattle Grace Hospital?
This procedure uses a flexible scope passed down the throat to examine the esophagus and stomach.
What is an upper endoscopy (EGD)?
The two degrees in medicine that you are able to choose between when you attend a med school.
What are DO (Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine) and MD (Doctor of Medicine)?
The accepted range of normal heart bpm.
What is 60-100bpm?
This specialist treats disorders of the immune system, including allergies and autoimmune conditions, and often overlaps with rheumatology.
What is an immunologist?
The acted that played Mark Sloan.
What is Eric Dane?
The medical term for the surgical removal of the uterus.
What is a hysterectomy?
It takes this many total step exams before you become a licensed physician.
What is 3?
The medical term for the surgical removal of the gallbladder.
What is a cholecystectomy?
This specialist treats conditions of the ear, nose, and throat — commonly known by a shorthand nickname, "ENT."
What is an otolaryngologist?
This surgeon performed the separation of conjoined twins surgery in Season 3, Episode 10 ("Don't Stand So Close to Me"), needing a team of 21 surgeons alongside them.
What is Derek Shepherd?
This procedure inserts a thin tube into an artery, often in the wrist or groin, to diagnose or treat blockages in blood vessels near the heart.
What is a cardiac catheterization?
It takes this many years beyond high school to become a surgical attending with no fellowships or subspecialties.
What is 13 years?
The term for the rare phenomenon where a person absorbs their twin in the womb, resulting in that twin's DNA showing up in parts of their body.
What is chimerism?