Virginia Dixon (Grey's Anatomy)

Doctor Virginia Dixon is a character in the American hospital drama series Grey's Anatomy.

History
Virginia Dixon is a cardiothoracic surgeon. She first comes to the Seattle Grace Hospital to perform a heart transplant. General surgeon Richard Webber wants her to become the head of the cardiothoracic ward and instructs resident Miranda Bailey to "woo her". Dixon later returns to SGH and again doctor Webber wants to recruit her for the cardiothoracic ward, this time assigning resident Christina Yang to "woo her".

Personality
Richard Webber introduces her as "She's a little different. She's a little off."

She is rather blunt in her interactions, stating things plainly the way they are seemingly without concernt for how this is going to land with her converesational partner (whether this be patients or other medical personel). Dixon often avoids eye contact and is very aversed to people invading her personal space: she usually takes a step back when someone walks up to her, and starts having sensory overload when she is hugged by a patient's parents.

She tends to share trivial facts about hearts and heart transplants, seemingly unprompted. She prefers using the technical names, both towards other medical personel and towards patients; she corrects resident Alex Karev when he uses the colloquial name "piggybacking" instead of "heterotopic heart transplant."

Reception
The character of Virginia Dixon has been criticised for being a stereotypical, unnuanced and over-the-top portrayal of an autistic adult. In particular, the scene where she begins experiencing sensory overload implies that she has developed little to no coping skills for dealing with such situations despite being an adult with a successful career in cardiac surgery.