Lisa Cuddy served as House M.D.’s hospital administrator for much of the series.
Lisa Cuddy, played by Lisa Edelstein, is the dean of medicine and hospital administrator at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital. She supervises House, manages the institution’s practical needs, and frequently confronts him about his rule-breaking methods.
Cuddy’s administrative role creates an ongoing tension between medical innovation and hospital policy. She often recognizes House’s diagnostic value while still imposing limits involving budgets, safety, ethics, and professional conduct. Her relationship with House develops beyond workplace conflict during the series.
Cuddy is sometimes confused with Wilson because both characters are senior doctors who challenge House. Wilson is the head of oncology, while Cuddy is the hospital’s administrator and dean of medicine. Cuddy leaves the series before the final season, after which other characters take on greater administrative importance.