Hometown: Beaverton, OR Diagnosis: kidney cancer, kidney transplant Shoe: Air Max Triax 96 When life throws Bransen “Boom” Fernando a challenge, this kid comes out swinging. Diagnosed with bilateral kidney cancer at just seven months old, he managed to live nearly 12 years with half a kidney before it started to fail last year. In […]
Joel Nigg, PhD, is one of the world’s top ADHD researchers. He aims to understand the different causes and influences for ADHD, find ways to detect it better and develop more effective treatments.
Five months before Bianca Anderson was due to give birth, her baby, Jacob, was diagnosed with a severe congenital heart defect. With the help of OHSU Doernbecher’s fetal therapy program, Bianca’s health care team created an individualized health care plan to treat Jacob’s disease.
Clementine had just celebrated her sixth birthday. A week later, she complained of a headache at school, skipped lunch and fell asleep with her head on her desk. Clementine’s dad assumed it was a bout of flu, so he picked her up with plans to visit her pediatrician that afternoon. On the drive home, Clementine […]
A New Home for Healing: Families move into the Rood Family Pavilion. Donor spotlight: Gary and Christine Rood. Up Close: Cryo-EM. The biggest advance in microscopy is helping researchers view the smallest details.
On a recent Saturday evening, Gary and Christine Rood stood in a cozy lounge near a crackling fireplace inside the new OHSU guest house that they helped build. Near the window is a bronze sculpture, called The Healer, that has provided inspiration to Gary. Beyond it is a view of the hospital where he worked […]
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