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POLST Registry surpasses 40,000 submissions as program reaches first anniversary

November 30, 2010

In its first 365 days, the Oregon POLST Registry has received more than 40,000 POLST forms from Oregonians with advanced illness or frailty. These individuals have chosen to participate in an innovative back up system to assure their treatment wishes ...

Drs. Kinzie and Leung weigh in on struggles of Iraqi immigrants

November 30, 2010

In an Oregonian article titled, “Iraqi translator struggles to find job in Oregon as recession leaves allies behind,” the Department of Psychiatry’s David Kinzie, MD, Professor, and Paul Leung, MD, Clinical Professor, weigh in on the struggles some ...

Drs. Kinzie and Leung weigh in on struggles of Iraqi immigrants

November 30, 2010

In an Oregonian article titled, “Iraqi translator struggles to find job in Oregon as recession leaves allies behind,” the Department of Psychiatry’s David Kinzie, MD, Professor, and Paul Leung, MD, Clinical Professor, weigh in on the struggles some ...

Dr. Hayes-Lattin develops training blueprint for treating adolescent, young adult cancer patients

November 17, 2010

Health care providers that classify cancer patients as children or adults often neglect the particular medical needs of adolescents and young adults, which can have serious consequences. It forces these patients to straddle two arenas of health care ...

Dr. Hayes-Lattin develops training blueprint for treating adolescent, young adult cancer patients

November 17, 2010

Health care providers that classify cancer patients as children or adults often neglect the particular medical needs of adolescents and young adults, which can have serious consequences. It forces these patients to straddle two arenas of health care ...

School of Medicine Alliance anniversary gifts warm babies inside and out

November 15, 2010

Since 1985, mothers and their newborn babies from families in need have taken with them a hand-made layette and a book for the journey home. The gifts come from the OHSU School of Medicine Alliance’s Blankets and Books for Babies program, which ...

School of Medicine Alliance anniversary gifts warm babies inside and out

November 15, 2010

Since 1985, mothers and their newborn babies from families in need have taken with them a hand-made layette and a book for the journey home. The gifts come from the OHSU School of Medicine Alliance’s Blankets and Books for Babies program, which ...

Dr. Hayes-Lattin quoted in Oregonian article on young cancer survivors

November 13, 2010

In an article that sheds light on some of the difficulties young cancer patients (typically between 15-40) confront in their day-to-day lives with cancer-related social services, Brandon Hayes-Lattin, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, ...

Dr. Hayes-Lattin quoted in Oregonian article on young cancer survivors

November 13, 2010

In an article that sheds light on some of the difficulties young cancer patients (typically between 15-40) confront in their day-to-day lives with cancer-related social services, Brandon Hayes-Lattin, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, ...

Dr. Lewy quoted on CNN, asked about “body’s clock.”

November 09, 2010

With the West Coast shifting to Daylight Savings Time, CNN Health asked Dr. Alfred Lewy, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, what he thought about the body’s clock being disrupted by “falling back” an hour. In the article, Dr. Lewy ...

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