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.
Chloe Lam went from fighting for her life at Doernbecher Children’s Hospital to raising money to save the lives of others.
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.
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 […]
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 […]
Nathan Selden, M.D., introduces the new iMRI at OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital and tells how it will make a difference for kids.
At Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, neurosurgery is about to get more precise than it ever has been before. By March 2016, the hospital will have a new iMRI suite that will allow neurosurgeons to take detailed pictures of the brain while they are performing surgery. This is a step beyond current practice, where an MRI is […]