ick ▁Jung le . ▁The ▁show ▁was ▁adapted ▁from ▁the ▁Cand ace ▁Bush nell ▁novel ▁and ▁ran ▁for ▁ 2 0 ▁episodes ▁from ▁February ▁ 2 0 0 8 - J anu ary ▁ 2 0 0 9 . ▁▁ ▁The ▁ 1 9 9 7 ▁TV ▁movie ▁Soul ▁M ates , ▁st arring ▁Ra ver , ▁is ▁shown ▁by ▁market ▁research ers ▁at ▁Television ▁Pre view . ▁Ra ver ▁joined ▁Season ▁ 6 ▁of ▁Grey ' s ▁An atom y ▁in ▁a ▁rec urr ing ▁role ▁as ▁Dr . ▁Ted dy ▁Alt man , ▁a ▁card i oth or ac ic ▁sur geon ▁brought ▁in ▁by ▁Dr . ▁O wen ▁H unt , ▁who ▁served ▁with ▁her ▁in ▁Ira q . ▁She ▁made ▁her ▁on - screen ▁debut ▁on ▁November ▁ 1 2 . ▁It ▁was ▁announced ▁on ▁January ▁ 4 , ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁that ▁Ra ver ▁had ▁become ▁a ▁series ▁regular ▁on ▁the ▁show . ▁On ▁May ▁ 1 8 , ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁Grey ' s ▁An atom y ▁cre ator , ▁Sh onda ▁Rh imes , ▁announced ▁that ▁Ra ver ▁had ▁decided ▁to ▁leave ▁Grey ' s ▁An atom y ▁after ▁three ▁seasons , ▁" I ▁know ▁this ▁season ' s ▁finale ▁had ▁some ▁surpr ises ▁for ▁view ers ▁and ▁the ▁exit ▁of ▁Kim ▁Ra ver ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁big ▁ones . ▁But ▁Kim ' s ▁series ▁option ▁was ▁up ▁and ▁she ▁was ▁ready ▁to ▁give ▁Ted dy ▁Alt man ▁a ▁much