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OHSU first on West Coast to implant heart valve using newly approved technique

October 29, 2012

The OHSU Heart Valve Team has successfully performed the West Coast’s first non-investigational transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in a patient with severe aortic stenosis using a transapical approach in which a catheter (hollow tube) is ...

Historic gift from Phil and Penny Knight establishes institute for cardiovascular research and care at OHSU

September 17, 2012

Oregon Health & Science University today announced a transformational gift of $125 million from Nike co-founder and Chairman Phil Knight and his wife Penny to advance OHSU’s world-class programs in cardiovascular medicine and research. The gift is the ...

Historic gift from Phil and Penny Knight establishes institute for cardiovascular research and care at OHSU

September 17, 2012

Oregon Health & Science University today announced a transformational gift of $125 million from Nike co-founder and Chairman Phil Knight and his wife Penny to advance OHSU’s world-class programs in cardiovascular medicine and research. The gift is the ...

OHSU leads NIH-funded study in Oregon to improve survival among cardiac arrest victims

June 04, 2012

Oregon Health & Science University is participating in a multi-center clinical trial to determine whether two drugs commonly used to stabilize the heart during cardiac arrest actually improve survival rates and neurological function among cardiac ...

OHSU leads NIH-funded study in Oregon to improve survival among cardiac arrest victims

June 04, 2012

Oregon Health & Science University is participating in a multi-center clinical trial to determine whether two drugs commonly used to stabilize the heart during cardiac arrest actually improve survival rates and neurological function among cardiac ...

MEGA Heart exhibit to visit OHSU in advance of Heart & Stroke Walk

May 15, 2012

Media Alert WHAT The largest inflatable, walk-through heart exhibit on the planet is headed to Oregon Health & Science University in advance of the American Heart Association's 2012 Heart & Stroke Walk, May 19. OHSU patients, visitors and staff will ...

Dr. Albert Starr to Present the 2012 Mark O. Hatfield Lecture

March 07, 2012

Media Alert WHEN Thursday, March 15, 2012, 7:30 p.m. WHERE OHSU Auditorium, Marquam Hill Campus, 3181 S.W. Sam Jackson park Road, Portland, OR 97239 PORTLAND, Ore. - Internationally accomplished cardiovascular surgeon who pioneered and implanted the ...

First 1,000 days after conception predict level of chronic disease later in life

August 31, 2011

It’s not just poor lifestyle choices or bad genes that lead to serious health problems, it’s what happens in the womb that predicts most, if not all, chronic disease later in life, according to a team of leading-edge clinicians and scientists studying ...

Dr. Albert Starr takes on new role at OHSU

July 22, 2011

Albert Starr, M.D., best known for co-inventing and implanting the world’s first successful artificial heart valve, is taking on a new role at OHSU as special adviser to OHSU Dean of Medicine Mark Richardson, M.D., M.B.A., and OHSU President Joe ...