Hometown: Eugene, OR Diagnosis: Hodgkin lymphoma Shoe: Air Force 1 LV8 Zion is a smart, insightful girl who loves science, reading and music. Last year, a routine sports physical revealed a lump in her neck that turned out to be lymphoma. Two days later, she began the fight of her life at Doernbecher. For her […]
Hometown: Hillsboro, OR Diagnosis: Type I diabetes, celiac disease and depression Shoe: Nike SB Zoom Janoski RM Desiree was just a regular fourth-grader who enjoyed writing, swimming, and theater — then a diagnosis of type I diabetes and celiac disease turned her world upside down. The news threw her into a deep depression and in […]
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 […]
Bennett was born with cancer. The odds of survival were low. At two-weeks-old, there was no established protocol for treatment.
We sit down with the founding dean of the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health, David Bangsberg, MD, MPH, and ask him about his vision for the school, his students, the most pressing public health issues in Oregon, and the impact of philanthropy.
When Macey was five, her parents got the call no family expects. Brain cancer — a tumor the size of two golf balls. But they knew Macey had an amazing team behind her. As Dr. Nathan Selden, one of the country’s best pediatric brain surgeons, told them: “This is what we do. We’ve got this.” […]
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