Chi Park, M.D.

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, is a fictional character

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 on the Fox

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 House

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. She is portrayed by Charlyne Yi

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Background

Dr. Chi Park is a new member of the diagnostic team as of Season 8. Chi is not board certified.

Character history

Chi Park joined the show during its eighth season. She is of Korean

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 and Filipino

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 origin. Park graduated at the top 2% of her class in medical school and is in the middle of her neurology

Neurology

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 residency

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Personality

Dr. Park has a timid personality. She has ongoing anger issues, which culminated in her punching her attending when he felt up her behind. She also slams doors and screams at people when she gets frustrated. Park has a difficulty accepting gifts, believing that she should not accept hand outs or favors and that it's better for everyone to earn things for themselves. Dr. Park has no boyfriend and still lives with her parents. She also slams doors and screams at people when she gets frustrated and has been described as having no internal censor. Park is always saying inappropriate things as well, but it appears it's partly because she has poor impulse control, and partly because she doesn't know what she's saying is inappropriate. Like Martha M. Masters, Dr. Park will be bright, but initially very timid. Unlike the other people House

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 has worked with, Park will be in the middle of her neurology residency and will not be board certified

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. In the middle of Season 8, Dr. Park asked Dr. Chase whether he would like to go with her on a form of a date, but Chase expressed some reservations, mindful of his previous failed marriage and divorce with Dr. Cameron in Season 6.