OHSU data studying neoadjuvant vs. adjuvant chemotherapy for muscle-invasive bladder cancer is presented at the Society of Urologic Oncology meeting.

OHSU’s COVID-19 Connected Care Center is featured in an OPB Radio story about healthcare workers’ ongoing efforts to support growing patient volumes as a part of Oregon’s pandemic response.

OHSU has an agreement with GE Healthcare that will allow OHSU to serve eight hospital sites through a virtual ICU.

Joe Skariah, M.D., describes OHSU’s efforts to create a new family medicine residency program at St. Charles Madras in Central Oregon, and explains how residencies in rural areas can improve local health care. He says: “It creates a ripple effect by providing an opportunity to elevate a level of care that happens in the community because it attracts other physicians and providers.”

Kevin Winthrop, M.D., M.P.H. notes people on immunosuppressant medication tend to have a less strong immune response to vaccines.

Carlos Crespo, Dr.P.H., predicts mortality will decline as more people are vaccinated against COVID-19.

All of OHSU Hillsboro Medical Center’s staffed ICU beds were full Dec. 18.

While discussing her experience being the first dentist in the U.S. to administer a COVID vaccine, Ryan Thrower, D.M.D, says “It has just been an incredible, incredible honor and privilege, quite frankly, to be among the first of firsts this week.”

Research by OHSU and the University of Washington has found small pieces of the coronavirus can cross into the brain. “It’s important to know because when you know how it works, you can start trying to treat it,” says Jacob Raber, Ph.D.

Raj Nagappan, M.D., describes being among the first Oregon healthcare workers to receive a COVID vaccine: “sitting in the room you could feel a sense of giddiness, everyone was excited to be a part of this historic moment.”