In House M.D., what fictional New Jersey hospital employs Dr. Gregory House?

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Dr. Gregory House works at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in House M.D.

The hospital provides the main setting for the series. House and his diagnostic team investigate rare and unexplained illnesses there, while other storylines follow the emergency department, clinic, hospital administration, and surrounding medical staff.

Princeton-Plainsboro is presented as a teaching hospital in New Jersey. Although the institution is fictional, the show uses recognizable medical departments and procedures to create the setting of a large academic hospital. Princeton University and the real town of Princeton helped inspire the location and naming.

Viewers sometimes confuse the hospital with institutions from other medical dramas. Seattle Grace belongs to Grey's Anatomy, Sacred Heart is associated with Scrubs, and St. Elsewhere is the setting of the series St. Elsewhere. None is House M.D.'s hospital.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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