What was the name of the hospital in House M.D. where Gregory House worked?

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Gregory House worked at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in House M.D.

The fictional New Jersey teaching hospital is the primary setting for the series. House led the hospital’s Department of Diagnostic Medicine, where he and his team handled unusual or apparently unsolvable cases.

Princeton-Plainsboro is fictional, but the show used real locations to create its appearance. Many exterior shots came from the campus of Princeton University, while other production work took place in California. The hospital’s name reflects the fictional merger of Princeton and Plainsboro.

Viewers sometimes confuse the setting with real hospitals from other medical dramas, such as Seattle Grace from Grey’s Anatomy or Sacred Heart from Scrubs. Those institutions belong to different fictional universes. Princeton-Plainsboro is specifically associated with House and its diagnostic team.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Oct. 2026

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