Tough little fighter
Chloe Lam went from fighting for her life at Doernbecher Children’s Hospital to raising money to save the lives of others.
Author: Cecily Williams
A new age of cancer research
The OHSU Knight Cancer Institute has launched the largest program of its kind in the world: the Center for Cancer Early Detection and Research (CEDAR). Early detection remains one of the largest unmet needs in cancer research — yet we know that when we find and treat cancer earlier, more people live. That’s easy to […]
Funding neuroscience: Drs Joe & Ruth Matarazzo
There are few donors today who have supported OHSU for as long as Drs. Joe and Ruth Matarazzo. The Portland couple has served the university in a number of capacities over the years – Joe as a life trustee of the foundation’s board, and both as longtime faculty members. When the couple retired from OHSU […]
In conversation: A Doernbecher kid & doctor
Jake Dering, a Doernbecher patient, and Dana Braner, M.D., the physician-in-chief at OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, sit down to ask each other questions about life, happiness and getting through the tough days.
Sophia & the lucky concussion
It all started last spring when Sophia Malinoski forgot to wear her mittens to soccer practice. It was cold, so she kept her hands in her pockets when she attempted to balance atop her soccer ball. And that’s why, when she lost her balance, she fell hard on her head — no hands to break […]
Frank Doernbecher & the gift that started it all
Frank Silas Doernbecher was a prominent businessman, furniture maker and pioneer in mass production. He moved to Portland, Oregon from Kewaskum, Wisconsin to establish the Doernbecher Manufacturing Company in 1900, which, at its peak, had a production line five miles long and was the third largest furniture manufacturer in the world. Invested in Portland’s progress, […]
A tribute to Y.B. Talwalkar
Dr. Y.B. Talwalkar’s family describes him as a man who always knew what he wanted. Growing up in India, Dr. Talwalkar knew he wanted to be a doctor from an early age. His father died of a heart attack when he was 10, and he never lost his focus on medicine after that. The first […]
Grace Phelps, RN: Nurse, advocate, leader
It was July 1905 in Indiana, and the doctor had lost all hope of a recovery for his patient, Silvanus Kingsley, who was suffering from typhoid fever. But his nurse, Grace Phelps, refused to give up — claiming she had not lost a typhoid patient yet and did not want to begin now. “The case […]
Q&A with Dr. Yoon-Jae Cho
OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital has recruited Yoon-Jae Cho, M.D., thanks to a new endowed professorship from Wayne and Sandy Ericksen. Dr. Cho is the chief of the Division of Pediatric Neurology, Ericksen Family Endowed Professor for Research, and scientific director of the Pediatric Brain Tumor Program. He is also a graduate of OHSU School of […]
OHSU and Sky Lakes Medical Center join forces to enhance rural health in Oregon
OHSU and Sky Lakes Medical Center of Klamath Falls are partnering to construct a collaborative health care building that will support the OHSU Campus for Rural Health, which formally launched in fall 2015. The rural campus builds on existing OHSU resources and programs to develop new ways to meet diverse rural health care needs. The […]
