Grey’s Anatomy is introducing the series’ first gay male surgeon

He'll be scrubbing into Grey Sloan Memorial later this year.

Grey's Anatomy is set to introduce the series' first gay male surgeon later this year. Alex Landi, who is half-Korean and half-Italian, has been confirmed to join the medical drama as Dr .Nico Kim. According to TV Line, the actor will be joining season 15 in a reoccurring role - although no other details were available. https://www.instagram.com/p/6QxleRqj__/?taken-by=alexlandi7 The news comes as it was revealed Chris Carmack - a.k,a The O.C.'s Luke Ward - is set to scrub in as Grey's Anatomy's new as-yet-unnamed "ortho god". As well as a new theme for the season (The Season of Love), it was recently confirmed that Grey's Anatomy will be having more cross-overs with fire fighter spin-off Station 19. According to Deadline, show creator Stacy McKee said "there will be the same amount of heart and humour and action, plus way more". She added:

"Now we've met the characters... we can dig even deeper. We've barely scratched the surface."

Jason George, who payed doctor-turned-firefighter Ben Warren, added:

“I feel like we’ve barely scratched the surface of Grey’s world interacting with the Station 19 world and vice versa — that’s just getting started.”

Dr. Teddy Altman, played by Kim Raver, as well as Thatcher Grey, played by Jeff Perry, are also both set to return this year.