Amelia Shepherd is the former Head of Neurosurgery at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.She is the youngest sister of Derek Shepherd and was officially employed at Seaside Health and Wellness with privileges at St. Ambrose Hospital.She later relocated to Seattle and took over Derek's job as the Head of Neurosurgery at Grey Sloan.While in Los Angeles, she was engaged to Ryan Kerrigan until his death and later to James Peterson until she moved to Seattle.She has a son called Scout.