The School of Medicine Alumni Association (SMAA) honored a number of outstanding alumni, faculty, volunteer faculty and students at its annual awards banquet May 5 at the Waverley Country Club. The Dean's Award was presented to Charles R. Thomas, MD, ...

If you see a bright-eyed physician-in-training near the fourth floor of Sam Jackson Hall, chances are they have just emerged from one of thirty new call rooms for residents and fellows, which opened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony April 22. The rooms ...

The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) has honored James T. Rosenbaum, MD, FARVO, Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, with the Friedenwald Award. The Friedenwald Award is named for Jonas S. Friedenwald, MD, and was ...

Dean Mark Richardson, MD, MBA, has announced the appointment of Susan Hayflick, MD, as chair of the Department of Molecular & Medical Genetics. Dr. Hayflick has served as interim chair since 2007. She is also a professor with joint appointments in ...

The OHSU School of Medicine became the 92nd National Chapter of the Arnold P. Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) at a ceremony in the OHSU Auditorium on April 22. “The Gold Humanism Honor Society exists to recognize, create and perpetually guard and ...

On April 21, Joe Gray, PhD, presented a talk (video below) titled “Beyond Genomics: The Rationale for Spatial Systems Biomedicine” to a full house of faculty, students and staff in the OHSU Auditorium. Dr. Gray joined OHSU in January. He is the Gordon ...

Charles Thomas, MD, Professor and Chair, Department of Radiation Medicine, is the recipient of the 2011 School of Medicine Dean’s Award. The Dean’s Award recognizes exceptional service to the School of Medicine. The award was presented to Dr. Thomas ...

Jim Calvert, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, founding residency director of the Cascades East Family Medicine Residency Program, has been named Oregon Family Doctor of the Year for 2011. The award was announced by OHSU Family ...

John Nutt, MD, Professor, Department of Neurology, has received the American Academy of Neurology’s Movement Disorders Research Award. Dr. Nutt is the Co-Founder and Director of the OHSU Parkinson Center of Oregon and Movement Disorders Program and ...

TAT-Mediated Delivery of a DNA Repair Enzyme to Skin Cells Rapidly Initiates Repair of UV-Induced DNA Damage This month's featured paper is from the Journal of Investigative Dermatology, and is titled “TAT-Mediated Delivery of a DNA Repair Enzyme to ...