When their son, Nolan, was born at OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital in 2021, Julia and Nate Fuller had no reason to suspect anything was amiss.
It didn’t take long, however, for doctors to discover Nolan had a coarctation of the aorta, a congenital heart defect in which the heart has to work harder to pump blood through a narrowed aorta. Nolan’s care team, led by pediatric heart surgeon Ashok Muralidaran, M.D., an associate professor of surgery and section chief of pediatric cardiac surgery in the OHSU School of Medicine, performed an end-to-end anastomosis to remove the narrowed portion and sew the thicker ends together. The experience created a lifelong bond between the Fullers and Doernbecher, and today, Nolan is a curious, active and rambunctious toddler.
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Giving thanks for the providers at OHSU
On this Doctors Day, March 30, we offer our gratitude to the remarkable health care providers at OHSU.
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A 70-year milestone for pediatric cardio care
Lois Peterson is just as grateful for Doernbecher now as she was 70 years ago — when she was the first to receive pediatric heart surgery at OHSU.
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Future state: what comes next at OHSU
What's the vision for OHSU's future? Hear from OHSU leaders about what comes next as OHSU charts a future of innovation, expansion, equity and workforce investments.
