In House M.D., Lisa Cuddy serves as the hospital's dean of medicine.
Dr. Lisa Cuddy is the dean of medicine at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital and the hospital administrator responsible for overseeing House. Lisa Edelstein played Cuddy for the first seven seasons of the series. Her job requires her to manage budgets, staff, policies, and the risks created by House's unconventional methods.
Cuddy frequently clashes with House because she values institutional rules and patient safety while recognizing his extraordinary diagnostic ability. She often disciplines him, negotiates with him, or protects his department when his results justify continued support.
The character is sometimes described only as House's boss, but her official position is more specific: dean of medicine. She is also a physician, which helps explain why she can understand both the administrative and clinical sides of the hospital's disputes.