All 9 Grey's Anatomy Characters Who Have Been Chief Of Surgery

Many Grey’s Anatomy doctors have been chief of surgery, and their legacies still live on even with the series approaching its landmark 23rd season. At the beginning of the series, Richard Webber was supposed to retire and appoint Preston Burke or Derek Shepherd as chief. It’s a coveted position that not only Burke and Shepherd were fighting for, but Mark Sloan and Addison Montgomery also went after. However, over the course of the show, multiple doctors took on, and left, that coveted position. The series has gone on for so long that very few original cast members remain on Grey's.