Eliza Minnick

Eliza Minnick is a consultant hired by Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital to revamp their surgical residency program.

Childhood
When she was two, her father looked for swimming lessons for her. Instead of getting them, her mother instead threw her into the pool.

Working at Grey Sloan Memorial
After deciding the residency program needed work, Catherine Avery hired Eliza to come in and shake things up. She first held a meeting with all the residents and asked them about the attendings and what they liked and didn't like about the program. Then she observed several surgeries, giving tips to the attendings on how they could improve their residents' experience and teach them more. At the end of the day, she told Bailey she was fielding a few other offers, but she liked the idea of working there. ("Why Try to Change Me Now")

Building Collapse
While unpacking, she saw on the news that a building had collapsed and rushed to the hospital to help out. ("You Haven't Done Nothin'")

First Day at Work
On her official first day, Eliza re-arranged the surgical schedule so she could be involved in as many surgeries as possible. However, the attendings conspired to work against her and shut her out of their surgeries. She in particular butted heads with Richard, who believed she was overstepping and invited her to fight. ("Jukebox Hero")

Romantic
When she first came to Grey Sloan, she flirted with Arizona Robbins, telling her she didn't need to write her name down to remember it. ("Why Try to Change Me Now")

When she came to the hospital to help out after a building collapsed, she was surprised that Arizona appeared not to remember their conversation, but Arizona admitted that she did and she was interested, but she didn't like that Eliza talked like she owned the place. They agreed to go get a drink together. ("You Haven't Done Nothin'")

The next day, when Eliza officially started, Arizona had joined the resistance against Eliza's policies. Despite this, Eliza found Arizona at the end of the day and told her that her allowing Leah to take the lead on the Wallace baby was a perfect example of her teaching strategy and thanked her for being on board. ("Jukebox Hero")

Professional
When she started observing surgeries and giving tips at Grey Sloan Memorial, she immediately started to ruffle feathers with the other doctors.

Career
She is a double-board certified surgeon and educational consultant.

Notes and Trivia

 * She's published 52 papers in the Journal of Surgical Education. ("Why Try to Change Me Now")
 * She's given a TED MED talk. ("Why Try to Change Me Now")
 * She doesn't use caffeine, saying she doesn't need it. ("Jukebox Hero")