Talk:Addison Montgomery

Referenced Rampage
You may see in other Grey's Anatomy's character pages that I had put this tag:

I want to improve these articles so I'm asking for those willing to help to find sources to back up these information. --Omghgomg 12:07, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Her name
On my Grey's Anatomy calender its says her name is Dr. Addison Forbes Montgomery Shepherd. so maybe it should be changed.
 * She is no longer married.-- Char leen mer ced  Talk  16:52, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
 * but being married has nothing to do with frobes being in her FULL name. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Special:Contributions/ (talk)
 * Since "Forbes" is included, shouldn't her wealthy background get mentioned also? In an episode of Private Practice, her brother Archer mentions her $25 million trust fund to her SWAT boyfriend. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.66.156.180 (talk) 02:21, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Neonatal Surgery as a specialty
I was wondering if we could get a consensus about this considering, as of yet, there is no direct neonatal surgery article in Wikipedia.

Spelling
I don't know how entirely accurate this is, considering this falls under original research, but if one goes by the DVD subtitles, the captions, and by using search engines, neonatal is one word versus a hyphenated word. For example, in Grey's Anatomy season 2, episode 10 Much too Much, Addison official joins the hospital staff and signs her contract. Webber says she'll be have "the state-of-the-art neonatal surgical wing" and the DVD subtitles show it as one word versus it as "neo-natal". Even in the premiere episode of Private Practice, when Addison give her speech at the end:
 * "I do have a big finish. If I hadn't been here today, if you'd had someone else, that girl would've died delivering her baby. I saved her life. I saved your asses. I'm a world-class neonatal surgeon. And I'm here to stay. Welcome to the new Oceanside Wellness."

Again, when the episode aired and via CC and through DVD subtitles, it showed neonatal as one non-hyphentated word.

Link
So far, in Addison's page and in the character table of Grey's Anatomy, the neonatal surgery link is redirected to obstetrics. Now is this really accurate? Considering neonatal is more closely-related to pediatric surgery as a surgical subspecialty than obstetrics? One could make the argument that because Addison is a board-certified OB/GYN, it enhances her neonatal surgical care and skill. And search engine links show that neonatal surgery hits always bring up pediatric surgery along with it.

Neonatology vs. Neonatal Surgery
Currently, there is an article for neonatology within Wikipedia. It is a subspecialty of pediatrics. This should not be confused as attaching neonatal surgery to the neonatology link as there is a difference between the two.

Such as in the case of pediatricians and pediatric surgeons where these two are distinct from each since the latter requires additional medical training (i.e. surgery) than the former, neonatologists and neonatal surgeons are not the same. The former practices the medical knowledge and advises non-surgical treatment to the patient while the latter utilizes the medical knowledge so it can be applied to the surgical-practice on the patient.

Application to Addison's Specialty
When using the link for Addison Montgomery's surgical specialty, we should attach neonatology only to encompass the neontal part and pediatric surgery if we encompass 'neonatal surgery' or its incarnations as a whole.

Here is an example
 * neonatal surgery, neonatal surgeon
 * neonatal surgery, neonatal surgeon

- DaBrain930 7:31, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Post-Nominal Titles
I do not recall Addison having attained a PhD nor mentioning this within Grey's Anatomy or Private Practice. During her term as a series regular at Grey's Anatomy, Addison's white coat read as "Addison Shepherd, M.D. F.A.C.S.". I've removed the PhD title until it can be verified or confirmed by the appropriate citation. Her titles will remain M.D. and F.A.C.S. Ace  02:19, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

Reception
Though most television characters aren't necessarily worthwhile subjects for a 'reception' subsection, getting little-to-no focus from critics, I think its a very important part of Addison's notability. This is a character who was brought on for a short-term arc, in a role anyone would expect to be a hated villain, but due to critical reception became a fan favourite, was upped to series regular, then chosen to star in her own spinoff. The pilot of Private Practice had scenes reshot specifically because critics felt that the preair pilot did the character a disservice, something I haven't ever heard of before. And it also might be worth coverage about how such a critically-beloved character lost that reputation during her time at Private Practice and why. This would take quite a bit of link-digging, hence my quick overview here rather than just adding it myself. 173.34.1.210 (talk) 05:57, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

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Private Practice absences
Two Steps Back The Hardest Part Goojrr (talk) 17:59, 14 February 2022 (UTC)