In House M.D., what fictional hospital employs Gregory House and his diagnostic team?

Gregory House and his diagnostic team work at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in House M.D.

The hospital is fictional and is located in New Jersey. It serves as the principal setting for the series, connecting House’s diagnostic department with emergency cases, clinics, intensive care, surgery, and hospital administration. Many episodes move between the hospital’s conference rooms, laboratories, patient rooms, and House’s office.

Princeton-Plainsboro is often shortened by characters and viewers to Princeton-Plainsboro or PPTH. The name reflects the fictional merger of Princeton and Plainsboro, communities associated with the show’s New Jersey setting. Princeton University’s area also helped give the setting its academic-medical atmosphere.

The hospital should not be confused with a real institution using the same name. Exterior shots for the series were filmed at Princeton University’s Frist Campus Center, while many interior scenes were produced on constructed sets. Princeton-Plainsboro therefore functions as a believable teaching hospital without being an actual hospital in the story’s world.