Two hundred and thirty physicians began a new chapter in their lives this month. Most hail from medical schools in 37 states, including Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico, and 24 come from more distant lands as foreign medical graduates. And they all ...

Study finds that the GRB7 gene drives an aggressive form of the disease Oregon Health & Science University Knight Cancer Institute researchers found that the GRB7 gene drives an aggressive form of breast cancer and acts independently of the HER-2 ...

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The School of Medicine’s Division of Management has launched a pilot program called Paths to Leadership. The program is designed to tap internal faculty resources in order to address complex organizational issues. The first pilot cohort is underway, ...

M. Brian Fennerty, MD, Professor, Department of Medicine, has been named the President of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE). He will serve as president through May 2011. “I look forward to serving as ASGE’s president and my ...

Standing in front of the National Heart Hospital in London, Oregon’s Herb Griswold looks nearly as dapper as his British colleagues Paul Wood and E. Lawson McDonald, Director and Assistant Director, respectively, of the Institute of Cardiology at the ...

The Oregon Psychiatric Association (OPA) Access Award recognizes people who have made a significant impact in improving access to mental health care for Oregonians. OHSU continues to provide Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) when most hospitals have ...

The Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine’s Family Medicine Interest Group (FMIG) has received the Program of Excellence Award from the American Academy of Family Physicians. The award is given annually to 10 medical colleges ...

Fay Horak, MD, Professor, Department of Neurology, was interviewed in a Statesman Journal article on how exercise can help Parkinson’s patients. In her own work with OHSU’s Balance Disorders Laboratory, Dr. Horak has seen Parkinson’s patients respond ...

Susan G. Komen for the Cure funds three OHSU research projects aimed at improving breast cancer detection and treatment; The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society supports OHSU’s exploration of new treatment approaches for blood cancer Oregon Health & Science ...