When their son, Nolan, was born at OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital in 2021, Julia and Nate Fuller had no reason to suspect anything was amiss.
It didn’t take long, however, for doctors to discover Nolan had a coarctation of the aorta, a congenital heart defect in which the heart has to work harder to pump blood through a narrowed aorta. Nolan’s care team, led by pediatric heart surgeon Ashok Muralidaran, M.D., an associate professor of surgery and section chief of pediatric cardiac surgery in the OHSU School of Medicine, performed an end-to-end anastomosis to remove the narrowed portion and sew the thicker ends together. The experience created a lifelong bond between the Fullers and Doernbecher, and today, Nolan is a curious, active and rambunctious toddler.
Health Equity | Patient Care
Bridging gaps in cervical cancer care
Medical sociologist Cirila Estela Vasquez Guzman, Ph.D., promotes health equity through her research.
Patient Care
Doernbecher’s impact throughout the decades
We had the chance to catch up with a few former Doernbecher patients and their families, reflecting on how their experiences at the hospital changed their health and futures for the better.
Patient Care
Freestyle 20: Connor Kassing Fernández
Connor Kassing Fernández is a patient-designer in Doernbecher Freestyle 20. His designs were released in October 2024.
