Lisa Cuddy serves as House M.D.’s hospital administrator for much of the series.
Dr. Lisa Cuddy is the Dean of Medicine and hospital administrator at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital. She is played by Lisa Edelstein and frequently has to balance House’s extraordinary diagnostic results against his rule-breaking behavior.
Cuddy is one of House’s most important professional counterparts. She authorizes his department, manages hospital resources, and challenges his decisions when patient safety, policy, or legal concerns are involved. Their arguments are a recurring part of the show’s dramatic structure.
The character also becomes central to House’s personal storyline. Cuddy and House begin a romantic relationship during the series, but it ends before the final season. Edelstein left the regular cast after season seven, making Cuddy’s departure a major change in the hospital’s leadership.