Lisa Cuddy was the hospital administrator played by Lisa Edelstein in House M.D.
Cuddy served as Dean of Medicine and hospital administrator at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital, where she supervised Gregory House. Her job required her to balance House's unusual diagnostic methods against hospital policy, budgets, legal concerns, and patient safety.
The character's professional relationship with House gradually developed into a more personal and complicated one. Cuddy often defended his medical value while also imposing restrictions when his behavior threatened the institution.
Lisa Edelstein was a main cast member through the show's seventh season. Cuddy is sometimes described simply as the hospital's dean, but her exact title changed in story context and is commonly given as Dean of Medicine and hospital administrator. She is distinct from Allison Cameron, Amber Volakis, and Stacy Warner, who held different roles in House's story.