What fictional teaching hospital employs Dr. House in House M.D.?

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

The hospital is presented as a teaching hospital in New Jersey and serves as the central workplace for House, his diagnostic fellows, and many recurring characters. Most medical cases begin when patients arrive there with symptoms that other doctors have been unable to explain.

Princeton-Plainsboro is fictional, but the series used real locations for filming. The exterior of the hospital was represented by Frist Campus Center at Princeton University, while many interior scenes were filmed on soundstages and other locations in Los Angeles.

The name is sometimes shortened by viewers to Princeton-Plainsboro or PPTH. It should not be confused with real hospitals in Princeton or Plainsboro, nor with fictional hospitals from other medical dramas.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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