What was Lisa Cuddy's administrative title at Princeton-Plainsboro in House M.D.?

Lisa Cuddy was the dean of medicine at Princeton-Plainsboro in House M.D.

Cuddy, played by Lisa Edelstein, was the senior medical administrator responsible for managing the hospital's physicians and broader medical operations. Her role placed her in frequent conflict with Gregory House, whose unconventional methods and rule-breaking created administrative and ethical problems.

Cuddy also served as House's boss and was one of the few people able to impose consequences on him. Their professional tension eventually developed into a romantic relationship, adding a major personal storyline to the middle seasons.

The title is sometimes simplified to hospital administrator, which describes her function but is less precise than the show's stated title. Cuddy was not the head of a clinical specialty such as surgery or neurology; she was the dean overseeing medicine at the institution.