Maxwell Sloan

## Maxwell Christopher Sloan

**Maxwell Sloan** is an attending urologist at the Mayo Clinic. They are the younger son of Lexie Grey-Sloan and Mark Sloan. He is married to Seònaid GillEasbuig and they have four children: a daughter, Mallie, and three sons, Rory, Calum, and Kelvin.

## History

Maxwell is the youngest child of Lexie Grey-Sloan and Mark Sloan. Lexie's pregnancy with Max was monitored closely and she received large amounts of prenatal testing due to Geneva's diagnosis of congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis. At Lexie's anatomy scan, it was discovered that Max had echogenic bowl and was small for gestational age. While an amniocentesis initially revealed no detectable abnormalities or genetic illnesses, their small size for gestational age progressed into intrauterine growth restriction, and their parents opted for an induction at 33 weeks. Though the plan was for their birthday to be November 1st, Max was born on Halloween 2018 at 10:00 PM via emergency c-section after they began having late decelerations.

Max spent time in the NICU after their birth. They were diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at two days old, when they were found to have a bowel obstruction resulting from meconium ileus. Max thankfully did not require surgery, and was able to go home about three weeks before their due date.

At age six, Max developed a severe case of pneumonia following an influenza infection and was hospitalized for several weeks, during which they became septic. They were put into a medically induced coma and ventilated. Max became diabetic when he was fifteen, after a severe period of acute pancreatitis and having chronic pancreatitis for several years.

Max attended The Bush School from kindergarten through twelfth grade. They were extremely popular, especially in high school. They were considered to be "friends with everyone." They were in choir, where they were a tenor, and was very involved with the student council. They were student body president their senior year.

Maxwell attended Brown University as an undergraduate student and majored in sociology. He later attended Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine where he received an MD.

## Relationships

### Familial

#### Lexie Grey-Sloan

When Max and their siblings were discussing who was the favourite child, it was speculated that they were Lexie's favourite. Geneva told Mark about these speculations, which ended in them getting back to Lexie, who confessed to Mark that while she truly did love all her children the same, Max was probably her favourite to spend time with.

After leaving for college, Max and Lexie continued to speak on the phone "every second day, at least."

#### Mark Sloan

Max, in a similar way to the rest of his siblings, is close with his father, though he is not shy about his opinion that his father is "a bit of a loser."

Most of how Max expresses love comes from what they saw growing up around their father.

#### Theodore Sloan

Each being the other's only brother, Theo and Max have a close sibling bond. In addition to this, Theo has always been extremely protective of Max.

When Max was in the NICU after birth, Theo was very upset over his inability to see his brother. This landed him in trouble when he expressed frustration that Sofia, who was old enough to visit the NICU, was able to see Max and he wasn't, when Sofia was only Max's half-sister and Theo was Max's full brother.

## Career

As a pre-med student, Max was unsure of what specialty they wanted to pursue. In med school they initially considered pediatrics, though they decided on urology in their third year after becoming interested in assistive reproductive technologies due to his daughter Mallie's birth. He had to spend several extra hours per week gaining urology research experience in order to be competitive for the match, but was able to earn a spot at his home program for residency.

Max completed their residency at the Mayo Clinic. After their residency, they applied for and were accepted into the andrology fellowship at the same hospital, completing specialized training in male reproductive health.

Shona frequently refers to him as a "*dobber doctor*."

## Notes and Trivia

* He is a Scorpio Sun, Leo Moon, and Cancer Rising.
* They love the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and their favourite character is Michelangelo. They have ninja turtles on their scrub cap.
* He started beekeeping at the age of fourteen, and was the founder of the beekeeping club at Brown University.
* Their birthday is on Halloween, so they usually celebrate on November 1st.
* Their SAT score was 1490, and their MCAT score was 523.
* They have type 3c diabetes related to cystic fibrosis.