Is there a real-life doctor House?

House, played brilliantly by Hugh Laurie, is not based on a real-life doc. The idea for the show, however, is said to have come from ‘The Diagnosis Column’ in the New York Times Magazine. From there, creator David Shore wanted to base his title character loosely on Sherlock Holmes.

What kind of DR is House?

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Gregory House (Hugh Laurie) – Department Head: Diagnostic Medicine. Dr. Gregory House is a rebellious diagnostician with a double specialty in infectious disease and nephrology. Dr.

What are the doctors Specialities in house?

Most of the major characters on House, M.D. have established their specialty:

• Gregory House – Nephrology, Infectious Disease, Pathology.
• James Wilson – Oncology.
• Lisa Cuddy – Endocrinology.
• Eric Foreman – Neurology.
• Robert Chase – Cardiology, Intensive Care, Surgery.
• Allison Cameron – Immunology.

Was Dr House a hospitalist?

The final episode of the show House, MD airs on FOX tonite. I also took some pride in the show, since House was television’s first hospitalist, a term I helped coin and now the fastest-growing specialty in modern medicine.

Why does Dr House use his cane on the wrong side?

In the pilot episode of House MD it was explained that he suffered a vascular infarct to the quadriceps muscle. Thus, utilizing the cane on the opposite side acts as a hydraulic lift necessitating a shift in body mass closer to the joint and reducing the compressive demands on the gluteus medius muscle.

Is House MD filmed in a real hospital?

Is there a real Princeton Plainsboro Teaching Hospital? / Where is the hospital located? / Where is the show filmed? Princeton Plainsboro Teaching Hospital is fictitious. The actual building filmed in the flyovers is not a hospital. Instead it is the Frist Campus Center at Princeton University.

What do you think about Dr House?

Although Dr. House is a complex character – often being a prickly and sarcastic presence, but having the capacity for genuine compassion towards his friends and certain patients – that complexity can sometimes backfire.

Is ‘house’ a good show for solving medical mysteries?

Like a modern-day Sherlock Holmes in scrubs, the title character of House can solve just about any medical mystery. That’s not altogether unrealistic, says Dr. Lisa Sanders, the show’s technical adviser.

What hospital does house go to in house?

House (otherwise known as House M.D.) is a medical drama series that takes place in the New Jersey Princeton Plainsboro Teaching Hospital. It follows the highs and lows of the abrasive genius Gregory House (Hugh Laurie) and his rotating team of doctors as they tackle medical mysteries every week.

How accurate is the medicine in house?

House M.D. is a medical drama series – emphasis on ‘medical’. This means that, of course, it is meant to be set entirely in our reality. The medicine should be as accurate as possible – even when the disease of the week is something rare or outlandish. That doesn’t stop the show – and by extension, House himself – from getting it wrong sometimes.