In House M.D., which hospital position does Lisa Cuddy hold for most of the series?

In House M.D., Lisa Cuddy holds the position of dean of medicine at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital.

Cuddy is the hospital’s senior medical administrator and has authority over departments, budgets, staffing, and policy. Her job frequently brings her into conflict with Gregory House, whose unconventional methods and disregard for rules create administrative and ethical problems.

Although she supervises House, Cuddy also recognizes his diagnostic ability and repeatedly protects or supports him when his results justify the risks he takes. Their professional arguments form one of the show’s central workplace relationships, eventually developing into a more personal storyline.

Lisa Edelstein played Cuddy. The character is sometimes casually described as the hospital director or chief administrator, but “dean of medicine” is the specific title used for her principal role in the series. Cuddy’s position also distinguishes her from the individual department heads who report within the hospital structure.