Feature by Chloe Allen-Maycock, MD In February 2010, I went to Coya, Peru as the Wendell Stevens Scholar. I traveled with Jerry Tanner, MD, and Berklee Robins, MD, from APOM and a facial plastics team from OHSU. By the end of the week, we had provided ...

Telemedicine is enabling ophthalmologists from Legacy Good Samaritan Devers Eye Institute to treat Native Americans hundreds of miles away in Pendleton, Ore., and Wichita, Kan. The hope is that the program, which is being run in collaboration with ...

Stephanie Murphy, V.M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine (APOM), was honored as the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine (ACLAM) Comparative Medicine Scientist for 2010. The award, which ...

Brenda Olmos, a 20-year-old student at the University of Oregon, says her desire to become a physician was cemented by frequent visits to the pediatrician as a child. “Sometimes it felt like I lived there because of how often I went to see him,” she ...

Dear School of Medicine community: In March, shortly after federal health care reform was passed, OHSU was asked to comment on the new legislation. We stated that it was an “important first step toward creating a better health care future for all ...

Trauma surgeons thrive on a certain level of chaos; part of the job is providing care for patients with complex, critical injuries. Add crashing scud missiles and young soldiers, often in their twenties, with double leg amputations, or both eyes ...

Bruce E. Magun, PhD, has stepped down as Chair of the Department of Cell & Developmental Biology (CDB). Dean Richardson has appointed Rich Maurer, PhD, Professor, as Interim Chair of the department. This leadership transition was effective July 1, ...

The award-winning documentary film “A Walk to Beautiful,” highlighting the hope and courage of Ethiopian women devastated by childbirth injuries, will be shown as a fundraiser to support the OHSU Global Collaboration to Improve Women’s Health in Rural ...

Ritu Sahni, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, has been named to the National Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council by U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. Dr. Sahni is one of 23 members appointed to the advisory ...

This month's featured paper was published in the June 23 edition of the journal Science Translational Medicine, and is titled “Safety and antithrombotic efficacy of moderate platelet count reduction by thrombopoietin inhibition in primates.” The ...