Chris Taub is the plastic surgeon on House’s diagnostic team in House M.D.
Taub joined the team during the fourth season, when House recruited a new group of fellows through an unusual elimination process. His background in plastic surgery gave him practical experience with reconstruction, tissue, and surgical complications, while his personality was marked by skepticism and a willingness to challenge House.
Peter Jacobson portrayed Taub throughout the series. The character had previously practiced plastic surgery and had a complicated personal life, including a marriage and later relationships that became important storylines. His medical expertise made him different from fellows whose primary backgrounds were neurology, sports medicine, or emergency medicine.
Taub is sometimes confused with Robert Chase, whose specialty was intensive care and surgery, or Eric Foreman, a neurologist. Those doctors also served on House’s team, but Taub is the member specifically identified with plastic surgery.