2015 in review: It’s all about the patients
Social media is great for connecting families, patients, employees, donors and community members with one another and with the hospital as a whole. We love sharing Doernbecher stories and news to...
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Behind the scenes: Doernbecher Freestyle XII
Being nominated and selected to work on the Doernbecher Freestyle collection is a once-in-a-lifetime experience – both for our patient-designers and for the Nike employees chosen to be involved in...
Isaiah’s Doernbecher story
Last year, Isaiah’s Neumayer-Grubb’s family discovered that he had a brain tumor that would need to be surgically removed. We sat down with his mom, Melissa, to learn more about Isaiah and his...
Lizzy’s Doernbecher story
When 10-year-old Doernbecher Freestyle patient-designer Lizzy Olivan came down with a fever last summer, her mom Beatriz knew something wasn’t right. We sat down to learn more about Lizzy (now 11)...
Doernbecher Freestyle: behind the scenes with Nike’s Carson Brown
Being nominated and selected to work on the Doernbecher Freestyle collection is a once-in-a-lifetime experience for our patient-designers, but it’s also special for the Nike employees who work...
Doernbecher Freestyle: A physician’s point of view
Ten-year-old Emory was diagnosed with advanced chronic kidney disease last year. Her pediatric nephrologists, Dr. Sandra Iragorri and Dr. David Rozansky, were so impressed by Emory’s positive...
Our lemonade experience: the Charles family’s story
When he grows up, Doernbecher Freestyle patient-designer John Charles wants to be a pro athlete. (His favorite athlete? Damian Lillard, of course). He enjoys being outside, hiking and spending...
Healing the healer: OHSU Doernbecher physician-in-training launches “The Well Resident”
It is well-established that over the course of a doctor's training, there is often not enough time in the day to do everything: cook, sleep, exercise, take care of patients, spend time with loved...
When mental illness pushes kids out of control, Doernbecher psychiatrists help restore peace
Twin sisters Kate and Kira Smith often talk in an excited duet, finishing each other’s sentences to share an idea or observation. Playful and affectionate, they readily hug and say, “I love...
Special Olympics: Time out of pediatric residency
There is a reason they call us residents. We do spend the majority of our time “residing” in the hospital. So it is always nice to be able to escape our residency and experience medicine in a...