Chi Park

Dr. Chi Park was a major character on House in the eighth and last season. She was also the latest member to join in House's diagnostic team. Park was chosen #20 on Buddy TV's 2011 list of best new characters.

She was portrayed by Charlyne Yi.

Character Biography
Park was born in the United States, the daughter of two immigrants: Kwansik Park, who was born in Korea and her mother who was born in the Philippines. Her parents came to the United States with virtually nothing, but managed to make enough money to send Park to college and medical school. She has at least one sibling, a brother. During high school, her intense study habits earned her the nickname "The Bookie Monster".

It is not disclosed where she went to college, but what little we do know about her was eventful. Her roommate eventually went on to become the editor of Yale Law Review. She lived next to a Jewish fraternity and, in her words, "tapped at least thirty guys" without forming any emotional bonds (though she did admit that this was a lie, but when asked she did not answer if the true figure is higher or lower than 30). However, she did have a steady boyfriend. While they were on "a break" to determine whether they really wanted a permanent relationship, he used the opportunity to sleep with two of her friends, then dumped her. As a result, she gained "82 pounds" and gained the nickname "Park-ing lot".

However, she continued to excel academically and finished in the top 2% of her class in medical school. She eventually wound up as a neurology resident at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital, and since her parents also lived near Princeton, she started living with them again.