Which House M.D. character served as the hospital’s dean of medicine?

Lisa Cuddy served as the dean of medicine at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in House M.D. She is played by Lisa Edelstein and functions as House’s principal administrative superior for much of the series.

Cuddy values House’s diagnostic ability but frequently confronts his rule-breaking, risky decisions, and disregard for hospital procedures. Their professional relationship is a recurring source of conflict, while their personal relationship becomes more significant in later seasons. Cuddy also supervises the hospital’s broader medical operations and manages difficult institutional choices.

The title is easy to confuse with other leadership roles on the show. James Wilson is head of oncology, while House leads diagnostic medicine. Cuddy’s position is administrative and medical: she is responsible for hospital leadership while also having a background as a physician and endocrinologist.