OHSU Week

The adult ECLS/ECMO program at OHSU brings individualized care to patients whether they are in an OHSU intensive care unit, at a hospital outside of Portland or even while in the air, when working with Life Flight transport. OHSU is the only hospital in the Pacific Northwest offering air and ground transport for both pulmonary and cardiac adult ECMO patients. Guests include: David Zonies, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.S., F.C.C.M., associate professor of surgery, OHSU School of Medicine; associate professor, OHSU-PSU School of Public Health; director, ECLS Program Sean Freiss, R.N., B.S.N., C.C.R.N., adult ECLS coordinator

The OHSU Board of Directors has appointed Dr. Danny Jacobs as the fifth president of OHSU. The Board also extended Joe Robertson's presidency until Dr. Jacobs starts on August 1st. Dr. Jacobs comes to OHSU from the University of Texas Medical Branch where he currently serves as Executive Vice President, Dean and Provost. Guests include: Danny Jacobs, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.S. OHSU President-select

When people think of public health, state or county health departments come to mind. But public health is more than providing vaccines or offering health education, it's a much broader field focused on reducing disease, preventing exposures and promoting healthy behaviors. Guests include: Dr. Bill Lambert Associate Professor, School of Public Health Jennifer Ku Doctoral Student, School of Public Health

Research is a central component of OHSU’s mission and helps drive excellence in education and patient care. OHSU’s Research Week is an annual university-wide event that celebrates the broad spectrum of research performed at OHSU across all schools, centers, institutes and education programs. Guests include: Sami Friedrich Doctoral candidates, Behavioral Neuroscience Program in the School of Medicine Eileen Torres Doctoral candidate, Behavioral Neuroscience Program in the School of Medicine For more information: http://www.ohsu.edu/xd/research/research-week/

Every day, more than a hundred people call the Oregon Poison Center and most of them are looking for emergency help. The Center, which also serves Alaska and Guam, has operated out of OHSU since 1978 – but since then, it’s become much more than a hotline for worried parents. Guests include: Sandy Giffin Director, Oregon Poison Center Charisse Pizarro-Osilla Nurse Manager, Oregon Poison Center

It can be a challenge to commute to Marquam Hill, the South Waterfront or downtown. After a year of research, analyzing data and collecting feedback, the Transportation Demand Management plan was unveiled recently. The plan includes 34 strategies. Four of which may help your trip today. Guests include: Brett Dodson – Director, Transportation and Parking Skai Dancey, Associate Vice President, Facilities

Eighty percent of trauma fatalities are due to uncontrolled hemorrhage from an extremity. To help, OHSU is partnering with the Stop the Bleed coalition along with state and local agencies to teach hand-on classes in tourniquet application, applying direct pressure and packing an injury using gauze. Guests include: Dr. Martin Schreiber – OHSU Chief of Trauma Lynn Eastes – OHSU Trauma Program Manager

With Joe Robertson set to retire in June, Chair of the OHSU Board of Directors Wayne Monfries discusses what he’s looking for in OHSU’s next president – and why you should aim to laugh, think and cry every day. And later, lower back pain affects an estimated 540 million people worldwide. A recent study recommends a new approach to care that emphasizes staying active as the first line of treatment. Guests include: Wayne Monfries Chair of the OHSU Board of Directors Roger Chou, M.D. Director of OHSU Pacific NW Evidence-Based Practice Center

An increasing number of people with disabilities work, teach, learn at and visit OHSU. The Association of American Medical Colleges recently released a first-of-its-kind report that looks at the experiences of medical students and physicians with disabilities. It reveals the common barriers to inclusion and some of the promising institutional practices that are helping to inform and enhance efforts to reduce barriers. Guests include: Ian Jaquiss, Disability Trainer and Community Outreach Specialist Jennifer Gossett, Director of Student Access

The Unity Center for Behavioral Health recently marked its one-year anniversary. Legacy Health, OHSU, Kaiser Permanente and Adventist Health opened the 24-hour behavioral and mental health services center on Jan. 31, 2017, to provide immediate psychiatric care and recovery services for adults and adolescents experiencing a mental health crisis. Guests include: Chris Farentinos, M.D., M.P.H. Vice President of Unity Center

In September, Hurricane Maria left a path of destruction across Puerto Rico. Two employees from OHSU's Oregon National Primate Research Center traveled to Puerto Rico to help rebuild the Caribbean Primate Research Center, which was hit hard by the disaster. Guests include: RJ Kisor ONPRC Facilities Technician Michael Haley ONPRC Stationary Engineer

OHSU’s Quality and Safety Management department supports the clinical enterprise by driving performance improvement using Lean methodology, standardized work processes, daily management systems and other techniques – known collectively as OHSU Performance Excellence – or OPEx. Guests include: Troy Schmit Director of Quality and Safety Management

OHSU Doernbecher Children's Hospital is now verified as a Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center and a Level 1 Site for Children's Surgery, according to the American College of Surgeons. Doernbecher is the first in the Pacific Northwest, and one of only five pediatric hospitals nationally, to earn dual verification. And later, a new pedestrian bridge will provide an alternate connection between the Casey Eye Institute and Kohler Pavilion. Guests include: Dr. Ken Azarow Surgeon-in-chief for Doernbecher Children's Hospital Brett Dodson Tram and Operations Manager

OHSU is implementing a new data technology to address population health and value-based care. And just in time for Valentine's Day, a discussion about the science of love. Guests: Wade Anderson Manager, Healthcare Decision Support Larry Sherman Professor of cell, developmental and cancer biology in the OHSU School of Medicine

OHSU aspires to be a great organization, diverse in people and ideas. As part of ongoing efforts to improve the climate of inclusion, OHSU recently launched a campus-wide initiative on unconscious bias. Guest: Dr. Brian Gibbs - Vice President for Equity and Inclusion