For Joaquin Cigarroa, M.D., progress is a team effort
The new director of the OHSU Knight Cardiovascular Institute on the power of collaboration and compassionate care.
Impact Area: Cardiovascular
The clinicians and scientists at the OHSU Knight Cardiovascular Institute are leading a new revolution in cardiovascular medicine.
Giving from the heart
Debi Coleman was a patient and a donor whose strong belief in science and knowledge helped OHSU usher in advanced research to help others.
Four questions with Jonathan Lindner, MD
OHSU cardiologist Jonathan Lindner, MD, is an expert in cardiovascular imaging and blood vessel diseases. Lindner pioneered the use of advanced non-invasive imaging with nanotechnology for early detection of disease.
Cardiovascular
Let’s take heart disease out of circulation Heart disease is the leading cause of death for men, women, and people of most racial and ethnic groups in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Heart disease costs the United States about $219 billion each year. This includes the cost of health care […]
Q&A with Howard Song, MD, PHD
Howard Song, MD, PhD, is driven to improve the lives of his patients. Dr. Song cares for patients with heart disease and conducts research on cardiovascular disease, with a focus on improving patient outcomes.
Gene repair: OHSU shows the world how it’s done
Shoukhrat Mitalipov, PhD, electrified the international scientific community by publishing research showing that it’s possible to repair a disease-causing gene in a human embryo.
Helping NASA’S mission to Mars
Missions to deep space involve risk. The National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) — which works with NASA — has tapped OHSU’s Jonathan Lindner, MD to find better ways to screen astronaut candidates for cardiovascular damage before they reach deep space.
