OHSU’s Most Read Blog Posts of 2015

“OHSU has one purpose and that purpose is to improve the health and well being of Oregonians. And we live that each and every day across all of our missions and across all 96 thousand square...

Paying it forward on the Casey Outreach Van

I came to the United States from Korea when I was 14 years old. I did not come from a wealthy family, and frequently needed a place to stay during school breaks. When people kindly opened their homes...

Women’s health: 9 tips for better eye care

Recently, comedienne Roseanne Barr announced that she has macular degeneration and glaucoma, and is losing her vision. Unfortunately, this is an all too common occurrence. A recent study by...

OHSU Casey Eye Institute Collaborates with American Samoa

On April 14, the OHSU Casey Eye Institute community gathered to celebrate our growing collaboration with the health care community in American Samoa. Our initial program with the good people of...

OHSU celebrates Volunteer Week

The word "volunteer" was first used around the year 1600 and comes from the Latin "of one's free will." Years later, the state of Tennessee became known as the "Volunteer State," when - during the...

The promise of gene therapy for inherited eye disease

I first learned about inherited blinding disorders as a freshman in college, when I got a summer job with Dr. David Birch, a leading scientist who has been studying retinitis pigmentosa (RP) for many...