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“Voices of the Uninsured,” receives award

March 30, 2010
A poster titled “Voices and Concerns of the Uninsured & Underinsured Millions” (VACUUM), received first place (Community Service division) at the 2010 American Medical Student Association (AMSA) national conference, held in Anaheim, Cal. between March ...

New Faculty Orientation

March 30, 2010
Dean Mark Richardson addressed the new School of Medicine faculty on March 30, 2010. Click here to read his address.

Notes on Eastern Oregon Rural Medicine

March 30, 2010
The Oregon Rural Scholars Program combines family medicine, rural medicine, and elective rotations to spend three months in rural Oregon. Third-year med student Rachel Seltzer wrote about her experiences during a recent rural rotation in John Day, ...

Match Day 2010: The view from five MD students

March 30, 2010
With family and friends in tow, OHSU's graduating fourth-year medical students, gathered in the great hall of the Old Library building – nursing butterflies in anticipation of what they were about to learn. It was Match Day, the day most had been ...

Dean Richardson's health reform comments on KGW

March 26, 2010
Mark Richardson, M.D., M.B.A., Dean, OHSU School of Medicine, was recently quoted in a KGW.com article called, "What health reform means to Oregon." The article weighs in on the recently passed health care reform bill by getting the opinions of ...

A Flood of Applicants Vied for OHSU’s 153 Residency Slots

March 26, 2010
The competition for the 153 open slots in Oregon Health & Science University’s highly rated graduate medical education (GME) programs was the stiffest in OHSU history. “These results once again demonstrate that OHSU programs are among the very best in ...

Paper of the Month: Stem cell therapy for retinal degeneration

March 25, 2010
This month's featured paper, published in PLoS One is: "Non-Invasive Stem Cell Therapy in a Rat Model for Retinal Degeneration and Vascular Pathology," by a group of ten investigators from the OHSU Casey Eye Institute and the Oregon Stem Cell Center. ...

Dr. Chui featured in 1190 KEX breast cancer article

March 24, 2010
Steve Chui, M.D., Director of Breast Cancer Clinical Research, Knight Cancer Institute, was quoted in a recent 1190 KEX news article that reports that the Knight Cancer Institute is one of 20 cancer centers across the country selected to participate ...
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