An attending physician is a physician who has completed residency and practices medicine in a clinic or hospital, in the speciality learned during residency. An attending physician can supervise fellows, residents and medical students. Attending physicians may also have an academic title at an affiliated university such as "professor". Attending physicians have final responsibility, legally and otherwise, for patient care, even when many decisions are made by other physicians. Attending physicians may also still be in training, such as a fellow in a subspecialty, but remains able to work as an attending, as they have completed their residency.
Attendings
- Dr. Richard Webber (General Surgery)
- Dr. Derek Shepherd (Chief of Surgery, Head of Neurosurgery)
- Dr. Mark Sloan (Head of Plastic Surgery, Otolaryngology Attending)
- Dr. Owen Hunt (Head of Trauma Surgery)
- Dr. Arizona Robbins (Head of Pediatric Surgery)
- Dr. Miranda Bailey (General Surgery)
- Dr. Callie Torres (Orthopedic Surgery)
- Dr. Teddy Altman (Cardiothoracic Surgery)
Former Attendings
- Dr. Preston Burke (Former Head of Cardiothoracic Surgery)
- Dr. Addison Montgomery (Former Head of Neonatal surgery and Obstetrics and Gynecology)
- Dr. Erica Hahn (Former Head of Cardiothoracic Surgery)