Who becomes head of Diagnostic Medicine at the end of House, M.D.?

Robert Chase becomes head of Diagnostic Medicine at the end of House, M.D. In the series finale, “Everybody Dies,” Chase takes over the department after Gregory House is presumed dead and no longer leads it.

Chase is an Australian physician who joins House’s original diagnostic team. Jesse Spencer played him throughout the series. Chase begins as a talented but sometimes uncertain junior doctor and gradually develops greater independence, confidence, and responsibility.

The ending is easy to confuse with Eric Foreman’s administrative position. Foreman becomes Dean of Medicine at Princeton-Plainsboro, while Chase leads the Diagnostic Medicine department. House secretly survives and chooses not to return publicly, allowing Chase to continue the work of diagnosing unusual cases. The finale therefore gives Chase a professional succession while preserving House’s private escape.