Chief Grey's conference room placard during If/Then
The chief of staff in a hospital is the primary leader of all departments and staff, including departments that have heads as well, such as, leadership over chief of surgery, head of obstetrics, head of orthopedics, etc. as departments that each are headed by a leader in that specialty. The chief of staff is inevitably a doctor, specifically an attending physician or attending surgeon, as opposed to the chief administrator, who is often a non-medical professional.
Known Chiefs of Staff[]
- Dr. Charlotte King (Chief of Staff, Attending Urologist at St. Ambrose Hospital)
- Dr. Cristina Yang (Chief Medical Officer at Klausman Institute for Medical Research)
- Dr. Alex Karev (former Chief of Staff and Chief of Surgery at Pacific Northwest General Hospital)
- Dr. Richard Webber (Chief Medical Officer of the Catherine Fox Foundation)
- Dr. Tom Koracick (former Chief Medical Officer of the Catherine Fox Foundation)
- Dr. Teddy Altman (former Chief of Staff at United States Army Medical Command)
- Dr. Preston Burke (former Chief Medical Officer at Klausman Institute for Medical Research)
Notes and Trivia[]
- Charlotte King is the youngest chief of staff in the country.
- Charlotte King has "Chief of Staff" embroidered on her lab coat.
- Dr. Ellis Grey, in addition to being the chief surgeon at Seattle Grace Hospital, is the chief of staff during If/Then.