House’s first diagnostic-team colleague Eric was Dr. Eric Foreman.
Foreman, played by Omar Epps, was a neurologist recruited to House’s original team at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital. His medical knowledge and skeptical attitude made him one of the team members most willing to challenge House’s reasoning.
The original team also included Dr. Allison Cameron and Dr. Robert Chase. Each member brought a different specialty and personality: Cameron was an immunologist, Chase was an intensivist at the beginning of the series, and Foreman contributed neurology expertise. Their disagreements helped dramatize the process of differential diagnosis.
Foreman’s surname is sometimes misspelled “Forman,” especially because the two spellings sound identical. The character’s canonical spelling is Foreman, with an “e” before the final “m.” He later took on increasing administrative responsibility at the hospital.