Ascending to New Heights
The outdoors always was a place of comfort for John Waller. For 17 years, he shared his love for outdoor adventures by volunteering with a group that helps survivors of medical and traumatic...
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Rare Tumor, Remarkable Person
Here she is, the unicorn. Only Lynn Zimmer didn’t quite know it yet. In the early months of 2019, Lynn was having a nagging pain that just wouldn’t go away. She chalked it up to issues with...
Promoting Women in Science Through American Cancer Society’s ResearcHERS Program
Shannon Nugent, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor at OHSU in the Department of Psychiatry and a core investigator at the VA Portland Healthcare System, Center to Improve Veteran Involvement in Care...
The Perfect Match
Gary Albertson is an avid landscape photographer who’s traveled far and wide to capture nature’s most magical moments. During a trip to the Cook Islands in the spring of 1995, Gary knew...
Life with lymphedema
Today, March 6, 2020, is World Lymphedema Day. Below, Sandy Henschel, an OHSU patient, shares how this condition has impacted her life in her own words. What is lymphedema? Lymphedema is...
OHSU announces NCAA basketball team
March Madness is sweeping OHSU. As a new way to introduce Oregonians, and all Americans, to what OHSU offers, OHSU will once again have a basketball team beginning with the NCAA 2018 season. The team...
Who’s the snow boss?
Record snowfall proves no match for OHSU’s mission-driven operations Mother Nature walloped the Portland area Jan. 10 with 8 to 12 inches of snow overnight. Heavy, sticky,...
Giving the gift of human experience
During this season of giving, among the precious gifts celebrated at OHSU is that of body donation, which provides health professions students invaluable experiences in practicing procedures and...
OHSU Partners: Clinical Integration in Action
Fred Williams, M.D. has been a Neurosurgeon at Tuality Healthcare for over a decade. In that time, he hasn’t had a partner to collaborate with – until now. Tuality and OHSU are now formally...
Small town collaborations, big health dividends
National Rural Health Day is November 17. OHSU celebrates rural communities and rural health care providers everywhere. Meet a few rural Oregon providers – OHSU graduates – in the story below....