Keith Collier is the Chief of Surgery and an attending surgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
History[]
Dr. Keith Collier was one of the examiners for Dr. Alex Karev during his board certification in San Francisco, CA. When Dr. Karev did not show up on time for the first session of the examination, both Dr. Collier and his fellow examiner gave him a failing grade. When Dr. Karev finally arrived, Dr. Collier informed him that he would need to achieve a perfect score in the next two sessions in order to pass his boards.
Dr. Collier seemed quite impressed with Dr. Karev's performance during the second round of testing, but seemingly failed him due to a trick scenario that Dr. Karev initially assessed incorrectly. However, because of Dr. Karev's passionate outburst regarding patient care, Dr. Collier passed him.
Soon after the board examinations, Dr. Collier reached out to Dr. Richard Webber and informed him that Dr. Karev's outburst lead him to create an additional spot at his hospital's pediatric surgical fellowship program. Dr. Collier then formally made the offer to Dr. Karev and agreed to the additional amendments to Dr. Karev's contract.
However, due to the plane crash, Dr. Collier allowed Dr. Karev to delay his start date and ultimately accepted Dr. Karev's decision to stay at Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital.
Career[]
Dr. Keith Collier is the Chief of Surgery and an attending surgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He runs the one of the top surgical residency programs. Additionally, his hospital's pediatric surgical fellowship program is the best in the country.
In 2012, Dr. Collier served as a board examiner in San Francisco, CA.
Notes and Trivia[]
- Dr. Collier created a pediatric surgical fellowship for Alex, despite his hospital having already picked its fellows.
- Dr. Collier is good friends with Richard Webber.