In House M.D., what specialty does Lisa Cuddy practice?

Lisa Cuddy practices endocrinology in House M.D.

Cuddy is the dean of medicine and hospital administrator at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital. Her medical specialty is endocrinology, the branch of medicine concerned with hormones, glands, and related metabolic processes. The show identifies her as a physician as well as an administrator.

Because Cuddy supervises House, many viewers primarily remember her as the hospital’s dean rather than as a practicing specialist. Her position puts her in frequent conflict with House’s rule-breaking approach, expensive investigations, and disregard for conventional workplace behavior. At the same time, she recognizes his diagnostic value and repeatedly protects the department’s ability to treat complex cases.

Lisa Edelstein played Cuddy for the show’s first seven seasons. Cuddy’s specialty is sometimes confused with nephrology or general internal medicine because those fields appear in the show’s hospital storylines, but the character’s stated specialty is endocrinology. Endocrinology also fits several recurring medical themes involving hormones and metabolism.