The season chronicles the first few months of the internship program and the day-to-day life of a surgical intern. She finds herself working under her one night stand and famous neurosurgeon Derek Shepherd and working with her resident Dr. She finds herself working with renowned surgeons such as the heart surgeon Preston Burke and Richard Webber, chief of surgery and old friend of her mother. She meets fellow interns Cristina Yang, Isobel 'Izzie' Stevens, George O'Malley and Alex Karev who become her closest friends during the intern program. Meredith Grey, the daughter of the once-renowned surgeon Ellis Grey, becomes an intern at the Seattle Grace Hospital.