Introduced in the second season, Dr. Callie Torres is an orthopedic whiz. She loves the challenge of overcoming a medical mystery that no one else can, from reconstructing limbs and joints out of titanium to developing synthetic cartilage. She also enjoys dancing around her apartment in her underwear. Callie has a rocky relationship with her father...
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Introduced in the second season, Dr. Callie Torres is an orthopedic whiz. She loves the challenge of overcoming a medical mystery that no one else can, from reconstructing limbs and joints out of titanium to developing synthetic cartilage. She also enjoys dancing around her apartment in her underwear. Callie has a rocky relationship with her father, who supports her financially as long as she is living the life he thinks she ought to be living. Callie was brought up Catholic and her father continues to adhere to these strong principles. While seeking to make it on her own and blaze her own path, Callie lives with the reality that she is an heiress to a hotel fortune.Callie is initially a love interest for George O'Malley, whom she eventually married, but her love life later takes a completely different turn when she enters into a lesbian relationship with a new doctor at the hospital. Callie also develops a particularly unique relationship with Dr. Mark Sloan. Callie is a passionate and hot-blooded doctor who doesn't mind ruffling some feathers in the male-dominated profession.Background: Callie has suggested that she was a social outcast as a child, describing herself as the girl who sits in the back of the class and eats her own hair. She also was in the Peace Corps, which convinced her to go to medical school.
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