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Bennett was born with cancer. The odds of survival were low. At two-weeks-old, there was no established protocol for treatment.
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.” […]
Nothing stops Kya Blake. When she was seven, an ordinary trip to the beach almost killed her. A sneaker wave buried her under a log. Kya’s skull was fractured, her heart stopped and her lungs filled with sand. First responders described her as lifeless. But nothing stops OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital either. When Kya arrived […]
Miriam Hernandez-Zepeda received her white coat this past August, as part of the OHSU School of Medicine’s incoming class of 2021. She shares what that experience was like, why she chose OHSU, and her thoughts on how medicine is both science and an art.
Watch Phil Knight and OHSU’s Brian Druker, M.D., in an interview with Robin Roberts on Good Morning America.