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One more reason to love
@CJMcCollum
and our Portland
@TrailBlazers
: Last week, CJ found out one of our patients would soon lose his leg to cancer and sent him this encouraging video. Thanks to Atticus and his mom,
@IreneLVeldstra
, for letting us share it.
#RipCity
#Osteosarcoma
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"Today after a hard day, I went for coffee and watched this National Guard member walk up to the piano and begin to play. It brought me to emotion. Thank you to the Nat. Guard, OHSU staff, and everyone helping in the pandemic surge. This was a moment of gratitude in a hard day."
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Earlier today, OHSU faculty, residents, staff and students joined other Portland-area health care professionals in support of
#WhiteCoatsForBlackLives
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We’d like to thank the Portland demonstrators for keeping roads open so our patients can get safely to and from their appointments, and we can get essential medical supplies from the South Waterfront to Marquam Hill.
#FamiliesBelongTogether
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Current
#COVID19
hospitalizations at OHSU and OHSU Health
@HillsboroMedCtr
as of Aug. 19, 2021.
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"OHSU firmly stands with the communities supporting George, Ahmaud and Breonna in calling for justice to be served and with our own members who are grieving and heartbroken." - OHSU President Dr. Danny Jacobs.
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This week, Howard Loyd officiated his grandson's wedding with a little help from the team on 12K. Mr. Loyd is a pastor of 47 years and has had the privilege of marrying his four children and almost all of his 13 grandchildren. We were honored to be a part of this lovely ceremony!
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Historic day! Earlier today, Ansu Drammeh, R.N., a cardiovascular intensive care nurse received the first
#COVID19
vaccine at OHSU.
OHSU's Ryan Thrower, D.M.D., is the first dental resident in the United States to administer a COVID-19 vaccine.
#CovidVaccine
#OHSU
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Sexual harassment is an enduring problem in scientific fields, and especially in medicine.
“And we have a particular shame and obligation to fix it.” - Lead author Dr. Esther Choo (
@choo_ek
)
@TheLancet
#LancetWomen
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This weekend, OHSU held drive-through vaccination clinics for Service Employees International Union 503, first responders and community health workers – people with high-risk workplace exposure to COVID-19.
#CovidVaccine
#COVID19
#OHSU
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We are proud to announce the appointment of Dr. Danny Jacobs as the fifth president of Oregon Health & Science University.
Please join us in welcoming Dr. Jacobs to Oregon!
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Today, the lab is enabling OHSU to identify
#coronavirus
patients within 36 hours. But back in March, there was no clinical microbiology laboratory at OHSU’s Marquam Hill campus. It was constructed, stocked, staffed and operational in just 14 days.
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Receiving the first
#COVID19
vaccine at OHSU is Ansu Drammeh, a cardiovascular intensive care nurse.
OHSU's Ryan Thrower is the first dentist to administer the vaccine.
#CovidVaccine
#OHSU
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Stay indoors when possible.
Use high-efficiency (HEPA) air-cleaning filters to help indoor airborne irritants.
Avoid vacuuming, which can stir up dust.
Drink plenty of water to help reduce symptoms of scratchy throat and coughing.
#OregonFires2020
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A hardship fund is one of the measures to take effect immediately: OHSU is making available a $1 million fund through July 30 for employees facing extreme fiscal hardship as a result of the pandemic.
Read more here:
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"She is so inspiring, and her story has to be preserved in this online encyclopedia.”
Wonderful piece on a researcher who wrote 270 Wikipedia pages in a year for underrepresented female scientists, including OHSU's
@choo_ek
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The Pfizer vaccine is now approved for ages 12 and older.
Appointments can be scheduled here:
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OHSU will not tolerate discrimination of any kind in our health, education or research missions, and will continue to protect and support our transgender communities.
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More than 1,700 young people got vaccinated Thursday at the Oregon Convention Center, with thousands more taking their turn in the coming weeks. Walk-ins are welcome, and schedule information for this Sunday and beyond is available at .
#All4Oregon
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OHSU extends its condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Dr. Molly Hubbard.
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Sunday, Feb. 28, marks the one-year anniversary of Oregon’s first case of COVID-19. As we look back at a year filled with tremendous sacrifice and loss, we want to take a moment to celebrate our public health workers. To these unsung heroes, we say thank you
#ThankYouORPubHealth
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"...the use of tear gas and other chemical means to control crowds has raised great concern among medical professionals as we simultaneously try to manage a global pandemic."
Read the full statement from OHSU President Dr. Danny Jacobs
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Current
#COVID19
hospitalizations at OHSU and OHSU Health
@HillsboroMedCtr
as of Aug. 24, 2021.
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"I believe health care needs to improve our response to racism against our clinicians in several ways."
@choo_ek
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@NYGovCuomo
@Oregonian
OHSU stands ready and willing to care for this child if she is able to be admitted to the U.S.
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On National
#DoctorsDay
we want to thank all of our health care workers for all they are doing to keep us safe during this time. Please join us in thanking them by using
#HealthCareHeroes
today to lift their spirits.
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Congrats to Dr. Esther Choo
@choo_ek
(pictured right w/Mary Moller) on her appointment to Governor
@KateBrownForOR
's Cannabis Commission to ensure that cannabis research is linked to public health policy and medical best practices.
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If we do nothing, many people will get sick at once - overwhelming hospitals, health care workers and supplies. But if we stay home, we can slow the spread, so people have care when they need it.
#StayHomeSaveLives
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OHSU’s research community came together to launch an in-house
#COVID19
testing lab and plans to ramp up testing in the coming weeks. Initially, the expected turnaround time for results will be roughly 36 hours.
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Current
#COVID19
hospitalizations at OHSU and OHSU Health
@HillsboroMedCtr
as of Sept. 6, 2021.
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Oregonians can now book COVID-19 vaccine appointments on our website at any time during the week, until all available appointments are full. Getting vaccinated can help end the pandemic.
Schedule your appointment here:
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OHSU is committed to doing everything we can to support and advocate for you and for equitable access to comprehensive reproductive services for all people.
#RoeVWade
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Current
#COVID19
hospitalizations at OHSU and OHSU Health
@HillsboroMedCtr
as of Aug. 23, 2021.
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“I am excited to get back to how life was before COVID and getting vaccinated will help us all get there.”
–Raechel, age 15
The Pfizer vaccine is now approved for ages 12 and older. Appointments can be scheduled here:
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We regret that the Court’s decision does not seem to recognize the continuing effects of systemic racism in our country and, with respect to OHSU’s mission, the resulting health disparities evident in our community.
#AffirmativeAction
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Thank you, Dr.
@NateSelden
and first responders, for your assistance and care of those injured in today's Amtrak derailment.
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Such a beautiful snowy scene!
Photo (from yesterday) by Instagram user durdenlindsey
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Individuals who decline vaccination for nonmedical reasons are endangering the health, and in some cases the lives, of our most vulnerable citizens, including the elderly, the very young and the immunocompromised.
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Happy Pride month! This flag will be flying over OHSU through Pride weekend to celebrate and show support for the LGBTQ community. 🌈
@PDXPrideNW
#OHSU
#OHSUPride
#PrideMonth
#PrideMonth2018
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OHSU volunteers vaccinated some 600 frontline workers Christmas Eve. Gratitude abounded, as did eagerness for all to receive the vaccine.
"I feel a little bit of a lot different," said cardiac sonographer Stephanie Miller.
#COVID19
#CovidVaccine
#IGotTheShot
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Thank you to
@BurgervilleUSA
for generously delivering 100 lunches to support vaccination site workers at the Oregon Convention Center.
Since April, Burgerville has delivered more than 10,000 burger breaks to essential workers throughout Oregon and Washington.
#All4Oregon
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We are pleased to announce that Dr. Marie Chisholm-Burns has been appointed OHSU’s next executive vice president and provost effective July 1, 2022.
Read the announcement here:
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Thanks, but no thanks.
With COVID-19 rates rising, it’s safest to celebrate Thanksgiving with just the people you live with. Here are three respectful ways to say no if friends or loved ones invite you over.
#OregonForward
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Thank you to all of the essential heroes who are working every day to ensure Oregon continues to operate during this crisis. A special thank you to everyone at OHSU for all they are doing to keep us safe during this time.
#StayHomeSaveLives
#COVID19
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15-year-old OHSU patient Mariana Robins spoke of her experience with long-haul COVID symptoms: “For me as a teenager, I also strongly urge other teenagers to get the vaccine as well, because this can happen to you."
@OregonGovBrown
press conference:
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Doctors take to Twitter to share their experiences on a myriad of issues. We’ve asked some of our doctors to describe why and how they tweet. cc
@choo_ek
@DavidBangsberg
@honoraenglander
@williamhersh
@nateselden
@pedspulmmike
@bita137
@VinayPrasadMD
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OHSU will remain unwavering in our commitment to care and to the health and wellness of transgender and gender diverse individuals.
#TransHealth
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Thank you
@SenJeffMerkley
for spending your Saturday morning with OHSU President Dr. Danny Jacobs and OHSU Health Chief Medical Officer Dr. Renee Edwards at OHSU’s COVID-19 drive-through vaccination site at PDX airport, made possible by our partners
@PortOfPortland
@RedCrossCasc
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The study’s goal is to help get people back to school and work faster, while effectively managing the potential for future COVID-19 outbreaks.
#KeyToOregon
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Dr. Erik Brodt is an advocate for increasing Native American representation in health care and is among 100 newly elected members of
@theNAMedicine
, whose members advise the nation on medical issues.
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“Diversity saves lives."
Learn more about
@DrQuinnCapers4
's impactful visit to OHSU this week:
@DrJCoftheDC
@OHSUSOM
@Choo_EK
@OHSU_CDI
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Thank you to
@CherylsOn12th
for donating 300 hot meals to our hardworking Environmental Services (EVS) teams. They help keep everyone safe every day.
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At 12:12 a.m., we welcomed OHSU’s first baby – who also appears to be Portland’s first – of 2024 into the world! Ron Gandhi and Pooja Kotadia are happy parents of a yet-to-be-named baby girl.
(Baby's mom is the medical director of the hospitalist service at
@HillsboroMedCtr
!)
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Of the 150 medical students entering the OHSU School of Medicine this fall:
45% come from racial or ethnic backgrounds other than white
63% identify as female
@OHSUSOM
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Letisha Wyatt, Ph.D., has been named director of diversity in research. Wyatt will lead the new OHSU Neuroscience Postbaccalaureate Initiative, as well as build and connect other projects designed to increase diversity in research at OHSU.
#OHSUresearch
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Eric Gouaux, Ph.D., earned distinction today as one of 100 newly elected members of the National Academy of Medicine.
Gouaux’s election highlights the importance of his basic science research in ultimately advancing human health.
@theNAMedicine
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When can Oregon start to reopen?
Slow the spread. Gather enough PPE. Track & contain cases.
#StayHomeSaveLives
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“We are scared, but there was never once an option of not showing up to work, never even crossed our minds as something we would do. We have dedicated our lives to taking care of patients — it's who we are.” — Sarah Gold, R.N.
#NursesWeek
#OHSUNurses
#OHSUHeroes
#HealthcareHeroes
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Iranian infant initially banned from U.S. will receive life-saving heart surgery at
@OHSUDoernbecher
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Among other things, the funding will be used to provide the equipment, supplies and staffing needed to expand diagnostic testing.
We are grateful for this generous gift.
#COVID19
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Current
#COVID19
hospitalizations at OHSU and OHSU Health
@HillsboroMedCtr
as of Sept. 13, 2021.
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We received this sweet note from our friend, 11-year-old Tariku. Thank you for your kindness.
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We're thrilled to welcome Dr. Danny Jacobs to OHSU!
Dr. Jacobs begins his tenure today as the fifth president of OHSU. We asked him to share some thoughts about the challenges and opportunities ahead for academic medicine and OHSU’s future.
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OHSU President Dr. Danny Jacobs and
@OregonGovBrown
visited the PDX drive-through COVID-19 vaccine clinic as frontline workers were vaccinated. Over five thousand doses will be given today.
Thankful to our partners
@RedCrossCasc
@PortOfPortland
for their continued collaboration.
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11-year-old
@OHSUDoernbecher
patient Lillian Hazel just completed chemotherapy yesterday. She joined her mother in Salem today to testify in support of HB 3063.
Thank you both for sending the message that
#VaccinesSaveLives
.
#YesOnHB3063
#orpol
#orleg
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“For men, it’s, ‘You should do it. You’d be great. It’s going to be hard, but we really need you in that leadership position’ … For women, it’s like, ‘Oh, if you are really interested and committed, and you push hard, you can also get there.’”
@choo_ek
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Experience OHSU Graduate Medical Education, the wonders of Oregon, and something bigger.
#ThisIsOHSU
#OHSU
#OHSURes
Learn more:
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OHSU is opening two new community vaccination and testing sites in Portland, and is transitioning another site’s management to the
@OHAOregon
#COVID19
#CovidVaccine
#CovidTesting
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Current
#COVID19
hospitalizations at OHSU and OHSU Health
@HillsboroMedCtr
as of Aug. 25, 2021.
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"As a medical community, we must speak out and break the stronghold of racial injustices that continue to plague our country."
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“I see children every day in the pediatric ICU who are very, very sick from vaccine preventable diseases. These diseases are real and they are deadly.” -
@OHSUDoernbecher
Physician-in-Chief Dr. Dana Braner testifies in support of HB 3063
#yesonhb3063
#vaccinessavelives
#orpol
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Among Arlene’s many passions were improving women’s health and providing world-class care to those living with diabetes.
We extend our deep sympathy to Arlene’s son, Jordan, and the entire Schnitzer family on the loss of this truly irreplaceable woman.
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"We abhor prejudice. We abhor violence. We celebrate difference." Our statement on Charlottesville:
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