Geneva Sloan

## Geneva Susan Sloan

**Geneva Sloan** is the chief of the division of plastic surgery at Columbia University. She is the daughter of Lexie Grey-Sloan and Mark Sloan. She is married to Benji Haddad and they have one daughter, Rachel.

## History

Geneva was born at 4:53 PM on September 16, 2016, at Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital in Seattle, Washington. She was born slightly over two weeks early.

Geneva has congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis. She was diagnosed very young, after her parents noticed that she did not have a pain response to routine vaccinations, and Lexie remembered reading an article about the condition during an elective in medical school on genetic illness. Geneva’s diagnosis led to significant genetic testing being done on her brother, Max, before his birth.

Geneva was diagnosed with autism at the age of two and a half. She doesn't recall the diagnostic process itself, but does being grateful she was no longer forced to play with her siblings if she didn't want to. Shortly after Geneva's diagnosis, she began showing symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder and was referred to a child and adolescent psychiatrist who specialized in assessing and treating very young autistic children with other psychiatric comorbidities. Geneva continued to see this psychiatrist monthly for two years, and during this time period experienced sexual abuse as a result.

After more than a year, Ellis Shepherd became aware of the sexual abuse Geneva was experiencing due to their clairvoyance. Determined to stop the abuse, Ellis began faking symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder and insisting on seeing the same psychiatrist as Geneva to gain access to and inflict physical injury upon him. Ellis’s first appointment with the psychiatrist was booked immediately after one of Geneva’s. Due to a miscommunication with scheduling, an assistant ended up bringing Ellis and Derek into the psychiatrist’s office before the end of Geneva’s appointment, leading to them catching him red-handed. Ellis violently attacked the psychiatrist, causing him to lose one of his eyes. He was immediately arrested and took a plea bargain. Several weeks after his arrest, more of his patients and their families came forward to disclose sexual abuse, which resulted in a trial being held. Geneva and Ellis both gave testimonies through closed-circuit television.

Geneva was accepted to all eight Ivy League schools.

## Personality

Geneva is ambitious, stubborn, and reserved. She can sometimes be closed-minded and become extremely focused on what she finds interesting, leading her to neglect other parts of her life.

She is devout to the Jewish religious tradition, and considers herself to be much more faithful than the rest of her family. She engages with most aspects of Jewish religion. Growing up, she attended and paid much attention to her Hebrew school classes.

Though she is an extremely accomplished surgeon, when it comes to her personal life she can be hesitant to branch out and try new things.

## Relationships

### Familial

#### Theodore Sloan

As children, Geneva and Theo often had disputes typical of siblings. At Theo's bar mitzvah, he deliberately mispronounced several words in Hebrew exclusively to upset Geneva, a tactic which was extremely effective.

### Friendships

#### Lucas Alvarez

Geneva was the first of the Grey-Sloans to know about Lucas' powers. While Lucas was living with her family, he would often sneak in and out of the house late at night, at times when Geneva would often be up and notice him coming and going. While she let him know she had the knowledge, she also promised not to tell anyone, and kept this promise until Lucas eventually told Mark and Lexie on his own.

## Career

Geneva knew she wanted to be a plastic surgeon from the age of four. At the age of eight, Geneva was asked if she wore blue because it was her favourite colour, to which she responded that her favourite colour is actually pink, but blue and white are the official colours of Columbia University and that she was dressing for the future she wanted.

She began participating in medical research in high school under the supervision of Jackson Avery, and presented this research at the International Conference on Plastic Surgery and Reconstructive Surgery when she was sixteen, becoming the youngest person to have ever done so.

As a teenager, she briefly considered attending Rabbinical school.

Geneva was accepted to Columbia College for her undergraduate degree, where she double-majored in English Literature and Chemistry, and was also selected as a Columbia Science Research Fellow. She graduated summa cum laude and later attended Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.

## Notes and Trivia

* She is a Virgo Sun, Pisces Moon, and Capricorn Rising.
* She was a virgin until she was thirty-two years old.
* She cannot drive.
* She is Jewish.
* Her favourite colour is pink.
* She thinks neurosurgery is boring.
* Her MCAT score was 527. She initially received a score of 1590 on the SAT, which she retook and achieved a 1600. She also wanted to retake her MCAT, though her parents managed to convince her otherwise.
* She keeps kosher with occasional exceptions such as gas station candy.
* She is on the asexual and aromantic spectrums.