Sofia Sloan-Torres

## Sofia Robbin Sloan-Torres

**Sofia Sloan-Torres** is an attending trauma surgeon at Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital and a health and human performance physician affiliated with the NASA Johnson Space Center. She is the daughter of Callie Torres, Arizona Robbins, and Mark Sloan. She is married to Zola Grey-Shepherd and they have twin daughters, Natalie and Winifred.

## History

When Arizona won a prestigious grant to help treat children in Malawi, a disgruntled Callie agreed to move there with her, as it was a three-year position. However, her lack of enthusiasm caused Arizona to end their relationship in the airport and leave without her.

A heartbroken Callie moved in with Mark and they had a short fling. Arizona returned for Callie, apologizing and hoping for forgiveness. Callie initially denied her and later revealed that she was pregnant with Mark's baby. Arizona agreed to raise the child with her, but disliked that Mark would be a permanent part of their lives.

When Callie was twenty-three and a half weeks pregnant, she planned a getaway weekend to thank Arizona for her support. En route, Arizona proposed to her, but before Callie could respond, they crashed into a truck.

Sofia was delivered by c-section during Callie's second surgery following the crash. Addison Forbes Montgomery returned from Los Angeles to deliver the baby after Lucy Fields admitted that the care Callie needed was beyond her abilities.

Sofia was delivered 16 weeks early without a heartbeat, weighing just 1 pound and 1 ounce. Arizona was able to resuscitate her and she was placed in an incubator as her lungs and other internal organs hadn't fully matured. She was then taken to the NICU where she was put on a ventilator, as she was unable to breathe on her own.

At one week old, Sofia was able to move her hand around and opened her eyes for the first time. She had a brain bleed, though it was minor.

At 5 weeks old, Sofia was in heart failure and required surgery to close her PDA, which Dr. Stark performed. He allowed Arizona to be in the OR as she is not biologically related to Sofia nor was she Sofia's legally adoptive parent at the time, therefore there was no legal issue for the hospital. During the surgery, Sofia started to bleed out which caused a devastated Arizona to run out of the OR. However, Dr. Stark was able to find the bleeder and repair it, and Sofia stabilized.

Twelve weeks after the accident, Callie was discharged from the hospital but reluctant to leave unless Sofia could come with her. Stark eased Callie's tension by saying Sofia could be discharged if she passed the infant carrier test. She passed, but Callie was scared to take her home because of the danger of cars. Miranda Bailey calmed her down and Callie, Mark, Arizona, and Sofia left the hospital.

Sofia attended Boston University alongside Zola for her undergraduate degree, where she majored in Astronomy and Physics. She later attended Harvard Medical School as an MD/PhD student, receiving a doctorate in Medical Engineering and Medical Physics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

## Relationships

### Familial

#### Geneva Sloan

Sofia was invited to and was present for Geneva's birth. She recalls the moment her sister was born being suddenly terrified that they would grow up to not like each other.

#### Lexie Grey-Sloan

When Sofia was in the NICU after her birth, Lexie would often come up to visit her on her overnight shifts, as to avoid running into Mark.

After Mark and Lexie resumed their relationship following the plane crash, Sofia quickly took a liking to Lexie.

## Notes and Trivia

* She is a Taurus Sun, Cancer Moon, and Gemini Rising.
* She calls Arizona "Mommy" and Callie "Mama."
* Her blood type is AB positive.
* Her favourite colour is blue.
* Her favourite cereal is multigrain cheerios.
* As a child, she wanted to be an astronaut.
* Her SAT score was 1510 and her MCAT score was 519.