Ellen Pompeo promises fans won't have to wait long for her return to Grey's Anatomy

Ellen Pompeo is not giving up her scrubs for good!

Despite announcing that she will make her final appearance as a full-time cast member when the medical drama returns in February, Ellen Pompeo told E! News reporter Laverne Cox on the red carpet of the 2022 People's Choice Awards that fans won't have to wait too long to see her again.

"I think I am really just in the finale this year," Ellen revealed to Laverne. "I think we've aired six episodes or seven episodes, possibly. Maybe after the winter hiatus, I am in one more, maybe, and then the finale, actually."

After the show's fall finale on Nov. 10, ABC revealed a look at Ellen's final episodes. 

In the sneak peek, Meredith announces she'll be leaving for a job opportunity in Boston to work on a cure for Alzheimer's, the same disease she watched her mother Ellis (Kate Burton) suffer from in the early seasons of Grey's Anatomy.