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{{Infobox character|

| name = Dr. Allison Cameron

| image = [[Image:Cameron.a.jpg|250 px]]

| caption = [[Jennifer Morrison]] as Dr. Allison Cameron in ''[[House (TV series)|House]]''

| time = 2004-Present

| specialty = [[Immunology]]

| occupation = '''[[Physician]]'''<ul><li>Diagnostic Medicine [[Fellowship (medicine)|Fellow]] <small>(Seasons 1-3)</small></ul></li>

<ul><li>Senior attending in the [[Emergency Room]] <small>(Season 4)<ul><li>

| first = "[[Pilot (House episode)|Pilot]]"

| last =

| family = Unnamed man <small>(brother)</small>

| spouse = Unnamed man <small>(husband; ''deceased'')

| portrayer = [[Jennifer Morrison]]

| creator = [[David Shore]]

}}

'''Allison Cameron''', [[Doctor of Medicine|M.D.]], is a [[fictional character]] on the [[Fox network|FOX]] [[medical drama]] ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'', portrayed by American actress [[Jennifer Morrison]]. An [[immunologist]], Cameron was a member of Dr. [[Gregory House]]'s team of handpicked [[Medical specialist|specialist]]s at [[Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital]]'s Department of Diagnostic Medicine. She was hired six months prior to the [[Pilot (House episode)|pilot episode]].<ref>The un-aired version of the [[television pilot|pilot]] of ''House''.</ref> House explicitly informed her that he hired her based on her looks because he believed that a pretty girl who went into medicine shows greater dedication compared to an ordinary-looking student because the former could have easily used her looks to get an easier job.

== Characterization ==

Cameron is known for her [[honesty]], [[sincerity]], [[idealism]] and strong ethical center. She is [[hyperopia|hyperopic]] and an [[atheist]].<ref name="DIYD">{{cite episode | title = Damned If You Do | episodelink = Damned If You Do (House episode)| series = House, M.D.| serieslink = House (TV series)| airdate = 2004-12-14| season = 1| number = 5}}</ref><ref name="RM">{{cite episode | title = Role Model | episodelink = Role Model (House episode) | series = House, M.D. | serieslink = House (TV series) | airdate = 2004-04-12| season = 1 | number = 17}}</ref><ref name="SM">{{cite episode| title = Sports Medicine| episodelink = Sports Medicine (House episode)| series = House, M.D.| serieslink = House (TV series)| airdate =2005-02-22| season = 1| number = 12}}</ref>

Cameron objects to House's reliance on deceiving their patients and has gone head-to-head with him several times on the issue.<ref name="SDL">{{cite episode| title = Sleeping Dogs Lie| episodelink = Sleeping Dogs Lie (House episode)| series = House, M.D.| serieslink = House (TV series)| airdate =2006-04-18| season = 2| number = 40}}</ref><ref name="IC">{{cite episode| title = Informed Consent| episodelink = Informed Consent (House episode)| series = House, M.D.| serieslink = House (TV series)| airdate = 2006-01-19| season = 3| number = 49}}</ref> She has also been reluctant to deliver bad news to patients or their families.<ref name="MATERNITY">{{cite episode| title = Maternity| episodelink = Maternity (House episode)| series = House, M.D.| serieslink = House (TV series)| airdate = 2007-12-07| season = 1| number = 4}}</ref> Nonetheless, she is effective at gaining patients' trust and their consent to diagnostic procedures, in contrast to House's strong-arm methods.

In season three, the character became more willing to employ House's own tactics in order to get the job done. At the same time, she justified her changed behavior through good intentions and loyalty to her boss. Her allegiance came to an abrupt end, however, when she and her fellow colleagues resigned in the [[Human Error (House episode)|season three finale]].<ref name="HE"/>

== Biography ==

Prior to working at [[Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital|PPTH]], Cameron was a [[medical intern]] at the [[Mayo Clinic]], and was one of the top students in her class in [[medical school]]. She hails from the [[Midwestern United States]] and has a sibling, an unnamed older brother.<ref name="QSS">{{cite episode | title = Que Sera Sera | episodelink = Que Sera Sera (House episode) | series = House, M.D. | serieslink = House (TV series) | airdate = 2006-11-07| season = 2 | number = 52}}</ref><ref name="PATERNITY">{{cite episode | title = Paternity | episodelink = Paternity (House episode) | series = House, M.D. | serieslink = House (TV series) | airdate = 2004-11-23| season = 1 | number = 2}}</ref><ref name="FP">{{cite episode | title = Fetal Position | episodelink = Fetal Position (House episode) | series = House, M.D. | serieslink = House (TV series) | airdate = 2007-04-03| season = 3 | number = 63}}</ref> Cameron worked for House under a medical [[Fellowship (medicine)|fellowship]] alongside Drs. [[Robert Chase]] and [[Eric Foreman]] for three years.<ref name="HE">{{cite episode | title = Human Error | episodelink = Human Error (House episode) | series = House, M.D. | serieslink = House (TV series) | airdate = 2007-05-29| season = 3 | number = 70}}</ref>

[[Image:Weddingpics.jpg|200px|thumb|left|A 21-year-old Cameron with her late husband and their best man, Joe.]]

Despite her kind and earnest nature, Cameron has undergone [[psychological trauma|traumatic]] experiences in her life. Her awkwardness with death was explained when it was revealed that she had once fallen in love and married a dying man when she was 21. The marriage lasted only six months ending with her husband's death due to [[thyroid cancer]] that had [[metastasis|metastasized]] to his brain.<ref name="F">{{cite episode | title = Fidelity | episodelink = Fidelity (House episode) | series = House, M.D. | serieslink = House (TV series) | airdate = 2004-12-28| season = 1 | number = 07}}</ref>

In season one, Cameron begins a tense game of cat-and-mouse with House, culminating in a date and later in season three, a kiss (although the true nature of the kiss is compromised by Cameron as she uses it as a diversion to take a sample of House's blood). That relationship eventually subsides as she begins a tenuous one with Chase, but it resurfaces occasionally with flirtations and Freudian slips.

In the third season finale, Cameron briefly became the lone fellow of the Department of Diagnostic Medicine after her colleagues, Dr. Chase and Dr. Foreman, were fired and resigned from their posts respectively. She bid farewell separately to the both of them, even giving the latter a framed citation of his published article in reference to their previous conflict the year before.<ref name="SDL"/> In a move not previously foreseen by House, she tendered her resignation for the second time in the series at the end of the episode as well.<ref name="HE"/> She gets another job in the ER at Princeton-Plainsboro, and dyes her hair blonde. Chase and Foreman both notice that, despite having resigned from House's team, she is "remarkably involved with his team". She later confides in Foreman that what she misses about her old job is "people doing whatever it takes to get the job done".<ref name="WIT">{{cite episode | title = Whatever It Takes | episodelink = Whatever It Takes (House episode) | series = House, M.D. | serieslink = House (TV series) | airdate = 2007-11-13| season = 4 | number = 76}}</ref> She has stated on multiple occasions that she does not want her old job back.<ref name="WIT"/><ref name="GA">{{cite episode | title = Guardian Angels | episodelink = Guardian Angels (House) | series = House, M.D. | serieslink = House (TV series) | airdate = 2007-10-23| season = 4 | number = 74}}</ref>

== References ==

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==External links==

* [[wikia:House:Allison Cameron|Allison Cameron]] at [[wikia:House:Main Page|House Wiki]]

* [http://tviv.org/House%2C_M.D./Allison_Cameron Allison Cameron on TVIV]

* {{imdb character|id=0015928|title=Allison Cameron}}

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