OCTRI KL2 Scholar Joshi Alumkal, M.D., was recently selected as one of twelve Associate Scientific Advisors for the new journal, Science Translational Medicine. As an Associate Scientific Advisor, Dr. Alumkal will compose Editor’s Choice articles and ...

Richard A. Deyo, MD, Professor, Family Medicine, recently co-authored a study titled: Trends, Major Medical Complications, and Charges Associated With Surgery for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis in Older Adults. The study was widely covered in the media; an ...

In four years some 32-million more Americans will seek care at clinics and hospitals due to the health care reform bill. "The Oregon Center for Nursing, even before health care reform, anticipated the additional need for over 15,000 nurses just in the ...

Mark Richardson, M.D., M.B.A., Dean, OHSU School of Medicine, was interviewed at KGW about health care and what it means to the Northwest and beyond. Questions were asked about the impact of the bill, its historical significance and what some of the ...

OHSU learned on Friday that it had won two stimulus grants totaling $5.8 million. The first is a $3.1 million training grant for OHSU's informatics graduate program. The second is a $2.7 million grant to fund the development of an informatics and ...

This month's School of Medicine featured paper, published in the journal Neuron, is: "Primary Afferent Activation of Thermosensitive TRPV1 Triggers Asynchronous Glutamate Release at Central Neurons," by an investigative group* led by Michael C. ...

Dear School of Medicine community: In 1910, Abraham Flexner published what would become a set of highly influential recommendations titled Medical Education in the United States and Canada. His important report helped standardize medical training, ...

Michael Bleich, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., dean of the school, will join national colleagues, including former dean Kathleen Potempa, D.N.Sc., R.N., F.A.A.N., at the three-day meeting focused on health policy. Three OHSU students, including Kirsten ...

Mark Richardson, M.D., M.B.A., Dean, OHSU School of Medicine, recently sat down with The Oregonian to discuss health care reform. He was asked a variety of questions, including the role of OHSU in reform, the Pacific Northwest's situation, and the ...

The School of Medicine Alumni Association’s Winter/Spring edition of BRIDGES is now available as a.pdf download, complementing news and other information found on the SoM Web site. In this edition: news, faculty, student and alumni features, reunion ...