What is the name of the fictional hospital where House M.D.’s main medical team works?

House M.D.’s main medical team works at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital.

Princeton-Plainsboro is the fictional New Jersey teaching hospital that provides the series’ primary setting. Dr. Gregory House heads the Department of Diagnostic Medicine there, taking on cases that other physicians have been unable to solve. The hospital also employs the principal characters in surgery, oncology, intensive care, administration, and other specialties.

The name combines “Princeton” and “Plainsboro,” reflecting the show’s fictional location near Princeton, New Jersey. Although the hospital is invented, the series used real medical terminology and drew on the atmosphere of teaching hospitals, where residents, fellows, specialists, and attending physicians work together.

A common mix-up is treating Princeton-Plainsboro as a real institution. The exterior shots associated with the hospital were filmed at Princeton University’s Frist Campus Center, while many interior scenes were produced on soundstages. The fictional hospital’s structure allowed the writers to create recurring departments and a stable workplace for the ensemble cast.