It’s still dark out as physicians gather for one of the most important meetings of the week: to go over, one by one, cases of children and teens with brain and spinal cord tumors.

A local woman can now to look her husband and two grown children in the eye after undergoing a successful surgery to correct a rare and debilitating spinal condition known as dropped head syndrome.

Following an extensive national search, OHSU has appointed Mitch Wasden, Ed.D., chief executive officer of OHSU Healthcare and executive vice president of OHSU, effective March 1. Wasden comes to Oregon's only comprehensive academic medical center from MU Health Care (University of Missouri Health Care) where he is chief executive officer.

OHSU Knight Cancer Institute oncologist publishes New England Journal of Medicine “Perspective” on her experience treating a patient in rural Oregon with breast cancer and mental illness.

Preventive cardiologist Sergio Fazio, M.D., Ph.D., takes his place behind the stove in OHSU’s demonstration kitchen. Sitting on the other side of the kitchen island are rows of cardiology patients who have signed up to be part of a monthly cooking class at the OHSU Knight Cardiovascular Institute, or KCVI.