Dispatching doctors on ‘Grey’s Anatomy’

On Thursday night’s season finale of “Grey’s Anatomy,” the long-running ABC series will say goodbye to stalwart cardio-nerd Dr. Cristina Yang, played by Sandra Oh, who opted out of her contract after 10 seasons on-call.

Also exiting the show are actors whose nonrenewal seems to have been a little less, er, voluntary: Tessa Ferrer and Gaius Charles as hapless interns Leah Murphy and Shane Ross, respectively.

It’s a safe bet Cristina will hog the tears.

Sending doctors packing is somewhat of a specialty for “Grey’s Anatomy” creator Shonda Rhimes. Here are some of the best ones:

Addison Montgomery

All-time hottest OB-GYN — and McDreamy’s ex — Addison Montgomery (Kate Walsh) was exiled in Season 3 to make room for Meredith. Addison stayed in the Shondaverse, though, heading to the spinoff series “Private Practice,” which lasted for six seasons, ending in 2013.

Preston Burke

Dr. Preston Burke (Isaiah Washington) went AWOL for six seasons after leaving Cristina at the altar following a torrid romance. (Washington was fired after calling co-star TR Knight a homophobic slur.) Why not watch those wedding vows that wouldn’t be?

Erica Hahn

In just one season, cardio-goddess Erica Hahn (Brooke Smith) managed to antagonize everybody — except for Dr. Callie Torres (Sara Ramirez), with whom she had a controversial affair. Hahn left because of the fallout from the Denny Duquette (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) mess, but really because everybody hated her and she was fired by Rhimes.

George O’Malley

At the end of Season 5, Dr. George O’Malley (Knight) was thrown under a bus — literally! That worst part is that he was so disfigured, his friends didn’t recognize him until the very end.

Izzie Stevens

Izzie Stevens (Katherine Heigl) delivered more drama on “Grey’s” than all the other doctors combined. So it’s surprising that after everything — including cancer — Izzie just upped and left the hospital. All that for a nonstarter rom-com career!

Reed Adamson and Charles Percy

We barely had time to get used to Mercy West transfers Reed Adamson (Nora Zehetner) and Charles Percy (Robert Baker) before they were shot by a gunman in the two-part conclusion of Season 6.

Mark Sloan and Lexie Grey

Drs. Mark Sloan (Eric Dane) and Lexie Grey (Chyler Leigh) were killed in a plane crash in the episodes straddling Seasons 8 and 9.

Teddy Altman

Dr. Teddy Altman (Kim Raver) was always unable to make up her mind. Typically, her real soulmate, Owen (Kevin McKidd), “fired” her so she’d take a highfalutin job at a military hospital far, far away from Seattle.