<Tr> <Th> Spouse (s) </Th> <Td> Henry Burton (Deceased) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Significant other (s) </Th> <Td> Andrew Perkins Mark Sloan </Td> </Tr> <P> Theodora "Teddy" Altman, M.D. is a fictional character from the ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy, portrayed by actress Kim Raver . She was an attending cardiothoracic surgeon at Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital, the fictional institution where the show is set . She leaves the show in the 8th - season finale after it is revealed that she has been offered a chief position with Army Medical Command, but has turned it down out of loyalty to Dr. Owen Hunt . In order to liberate her from the hospital where her husband died, Hunt fires her from Seattle Grace . Teddy returns for a few episodes in season 14 . </P> <P> Teddy attended the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center . She completed her surgical residency at George Washington University Medical School and her fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in Florida . As an attending physician, Teddy worked at Columbia, but after her best friend was killed during the collapse of the second tower on September 11, 2001, she left and joined the army, meeting trauma surgeon Owen Hunt (Kevin McKidd) during her tour in Baghdad . </P>

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