Oregon Health & Science University ( OHSU ) is a public research university focusing primarily on health sciences with a main campus, including two hospitals , in Portland, Oregon . The institution was founded in 1887 as the University of Oregon Medical Department and later became the University of Oregon Medical School . In 1974, the campus became an independent, self-governed institution called the University of Oregon Health Sciences Center , combining state dentistry, medicine, nursing, and public health programs into a single center. It was renamed Oregon Health Sciences University in 1981 and took its current name in 2001, as part of a merger with the Oregon Graduate Institute (OGI), in Hillsboro . The university has several partnership programs including a joint PharmD Pharmacy program with Oregon State University in Corvallis .
45-553: The OHSU Knight Cancer Institute (previously the OHSU Cancer Institute) is a research institute within Oregon Health & Science University . The National Cancer Institute (NCI) designated cancer center is led by director Brian Druker . It is the only NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center in the state of Oregon. The institute is named after Phil Knight and his wife, who donated over $ 600 million to
90-708: A pragmatic approach to solving the state's budget crisis and recession , a marked departure from the more confrontational style of outgoing governor (and fellow Democrat) John Kitzhaber . Mannix argued that the Democratic Party had held the governorship in Oregon too long, and pledged to reduce government spending without cutting vital services. Kulongoski narrowly won the election, winning 618,004 votes (49%), with 581,785 votes (46%) going to Mannix, and 57,760 votes (5%) going to Libertarian candidate Tom Cox. Kulongoski took office on January 13, 2003. He inherited
135-565: A railroad yard . Over the next forty years, the school diversified its educational offerings to include nursing and dental programs, and expanded with facilities built during this time on Marquam Hill, including the Multnomah County Hospital, the Doernbecher Children's Hospital , and an outpatient clinic. In 1955, Oregon state senator Mark Hatfield co-sponsored a bill to extend the medical school with
180-641: A teaching hospital , and in 1974 the State of Oregon merged the institutions located on Marquam Hill into the University Hospital independent of the University of Oregon . Hatfield's continued support of medical research in Oregon in general and the hospital in particular was recognized by the institution in 1998 with the dedication of the Mark O. Hatfield Clinical Research Center , and the creation of
225-858: A number of outpatient primary care facilities including the Physician's Pavilion at the Marquam Hill campus as well as throughout the Portland metropolitan area . A third hospital, the Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center is located next to the main OHSU campus; this hospital is run by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs and is outside the auspices of OHSU. A 660 feet (200 m) pedestrian skybridge connecting OHSU Hospital and
270-545: A routine inspection in January 2020. The university was also cited for practices that risked contaminating surgical tools during procedures for probing a ferret's brain with an electrode. The university's ferret research was shut down for a month in 2019 after inspectors found three violations. These violations bring the number of serious violations at the university's animal lab to nine since 2014. The main campus, located on Marquam Hill (colloquially known as "Pill Hill") in
315-696: A state facing a massive budget deficit and high unemployment . Furthermore, he faced the task of dealing with problems with the public employees' pension system without angering the labor unions that backed his campaign. As Governor, he was a member of the National Governors Association and the Democratic Governors Association . On December 1, 2005, the Eugene Register-Guard reported that former Democratic Governor John Kitzhaber
360-715: Is a 501(c)(3) organization that exists to advance OHSU's mission through philanthropy. The Doernbecher Children's Hospital Foundation merged with the OHSU Foundation in 2021. In 2001, OHSU purchased property in what is now known as the South Waterfront neighborhood with intentions to expand its facilities there. After the purchase, OHSU began developing plans with the Portland Office of Transportation to connect this location to its Marquam Hill facilities by way of an aerial tram . Before construction of
405-594: Is a good opportunity to show what a horrible Democrat Ted has been". The Service Employees International Union Local 503 endorsed Jim Hill, and the Multnomah County Democratic Central Committee decided to endorse Kulongoski's rivals but not him at a February 19, 2006 meeting. On May 16, 2006, Kulongoski won the Democratic primary with 54% of the vote. Jim Hill finished second with 25%, Pete Sorenson third with 16% of
450-712: Is an American politician, judge, and lawyer who served as the 36th Governor of Oregon from 2003 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party , he served in both houses of the Oregon Legislative Assembly and also served as the state Insurance Commissioner. He was the Attorney General of Oregon from 1993 to 1997 and a justice of the Oregon Supreme Court from 1997 to 2001. Kulongoski has served in all three branches of
495-602: Is designated as a "Special Focus – Research Institution" according to the Carnegie Classification . The Willamette University School of Medicine , OHSU's earliest predecessor, was founded in the 1860s in Salem , and was relocated to Portland in the 1870s. In 1915, Willamette University and the University of Oregon merged their medical programs to form the University of Oregon Medical School, and in 1919
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#1732780887746540-465: Is led by Lara Davis and Jeffrey Tyner. Oregon Health %26 Science University The university's programs are highly ranked nationally, with the School of Medicine ranking in the top 5 for primary care and family medicine residency ranking #1 by U.S. News & World Report , as well as the ophthalmology residency under Casey Eye Institute ranking in the top 10 by Ophthalmology Times in 2020. It
585-476: The Oregon Supreme Court . He resigned from the court in 2001 to run for governor. After winning the Democratic party nomination in the 2002 race for governor, Kulongoski's opponent was Republican Kevin Mannix . Kulongoski ran a low-key campaign, emphasizing his reputation as a consensus-builder and problem solver. His television commercials featured such feel-good scenes as the candidate bowling . He argued for
630-795: The U.S. News & World Report ranked OHSU 4th overall in Primary Care Rankings and 32nd in Research Rankings. In addition, the publication ranked the school 1st in Family Medicine. As one of only two medical schools in Oregon , and the only awarding a Doctor of Medicine degree ( College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Northwest located in Lebanon, Oregon awards a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree and
675-567: The University of Missouri School of Law in 1970. After graduating from law school, Kulongoski moved to Eugene, Oregon , and became a labor lawyer . In 1974, Kulongoski was elected to the Oregon House of Representatives and, in 1978, to the Oregon State Senate . In Oregon's 1980 United States Senate election , he ran an unsuccessful race against Republican Bob Packwood . In 1982, he made his first bid for governor; he
720-545: The elderly , AIDS and other infectious diseases and viruses . OHSU will work out of the adjacent Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies until its own center is completed. A $ 117.9 million financial incentive package from the state of Florida secured OHSU's commitment. The OHSU School of Medicine has a faculty of approximately 1,750 and confers a variety of degrees, including Doctor of Medicine , Doctor of Philosophy , Master of Science , Master of Physician Assistant Studies , and Master of Public Health . In 2022,
765-488: The Climate Registry to track dangerous greenhouse gas emissions . Kulongoski signed two LGBT rights bills into law: a domestic partnership bill and an anti-discrimination bill at a ceremony May 9, 2007. In May 2010, Kulongoski suffered a vitreous hemorrhage in the eye due to fragile, abnormal blood vessels that have grown in the retina of the eye. According to Kulongoski spokeswoman Anna Richter Taylor, he
810-711: The Hatfield information wall on permanent display in the lobby of the main hospital. In 2008, Governor Kulongoski released an executive order designating the Mark O. Hatfield Chair of the OHSU Board of Directors to commemorate Hatfield's commitment to the institution. The Oregon Graduate Institute merged with OHSU in July 2001, with OGI becoming the OGI School of Science and Engineering , one of four schools within OHSU at
855-781: The Marquam Hill campus running out of room for expansion, beginning in 2003 OHSU announced plans to expand into the South Waterfront District , formerly known as the North Macadam District. The expansion area is along the Willamette River in the South Portland neighborhood to the east of Marquam Hill and south of the city center . The Center for Health & Healing earned LEED Platinum certification in February 2007, becoming
900-764: The OGI campus in Hillsboro in 2014, and its programs were moved to the Marquam Hill complex. On October 29, 2008, OHSU announced its largest philanthropic gift up that time: a $ 100 million gift from Nike co-founder Phil Knight and his wife, Penny Knight. The gift went to the OHSU Cancer Institute, renaming it the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute . Five years later, in 2013, Knight announced his intention to donate an additional $ 500 million to OHSU specifically for cancer research if
945-561: The Oregon state government. Kulongoski was born in St. Louis, Missouri , in 1940 to Theodore Kulongoski (1905-1941), the son of Polish immigrants, and his wife Helen, née Newcomer (1915-1997). He was one year old when his father died of cancer, and spent the rest of his childhood in a Catholic boys' home. After high school , Kulongoski served in the Marines . With the help of the G.I. Bill , he obtained an undergraduate and Juris Doctor from
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#1732780887746990-631: The Pacific, Northwest opened in Lebanon, Oregon . The world's first in-vivo use of the Crispr-Cas9 DNA editing tool was conducted in 2020 at the Casey Eye Institute at OHSU. The procedure is intended to reverse a genetic mutation causing Leber congenital amaurosis , a form of inherited blindness . The United States Department of Agriculture cited OHSU in February 2020 for animal welfare violation after five prairie voles in its lab died of thirst. The violation followed
1035-574: The School of Dentistry program moved to the Collaborative Life Sciences Building on Portland's South Waterfront along with the School of Medicine. The School of Nursing at OHSU offers nursing programs at the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels. The graduate nursing program was most recently ranked 7th overall in the nation by the U.S. News & World Report and 5th in the gerontology/geriatric specialty. The Oregon Health & Science University Foundation
1080-731: The VA Medical Center was constructed in 1992. Additionally, the Portland Shriners Hospital for Children is located on the OHSU campus. The university also had a campus in Hillsboro, at the site of the former OGI. This campus specialized in graduate-level science and engineering education and is located in the heart of Oregon's Silicon Forest . Since 1998, the university has controlled the Oregon National Primate Research Center , located adjacent to OGI in Hillsboro. With
1125-412: The animal rights group PETA brought attention to OHSU research involving sheep. The research, which was being conducted in conjunction with Oregon State University was designed to understand the biological mechanisms involved in sexual partner preference. Ted Kulongoski Theodore Ralph Kulongoski ( / ˌ k ʊ l ə n ˈ ɡ ɒ s k i / KUUL -ən- GOSS -kee ; born November 5, 1940)
1170-733: The center; $ 100 million in 2008 and $ 500 million in 2013. The $ 500 million gift required a matching $ 500 million, which led to a $ 100 million donation by Columbia Sportswear chairwoman Gert Boyle in 2014. The institute was first designated as a NCI Designated Cancer Center in 1997 and was awarded the status of comprehensive cancer center in 2017. Brian Druker was named the director of the then OHSU Cancer Institute in 2007. The Knight Cancer Institute employs over 200 investigators who are affiliated with one of four Cancer Research Programs: Cancer Biology, Cancer Prevention and Control, Quantitative Oncology, and Translational Oncology. The Cancer Biology program focuses on tumorigenesis, signal transduction, and
1215-494: The largest health care center in the U.S. to achieve that status. As part of the continued expansion of the South Waterfront, on June 26, 2014, OHSU opened the Collaborative Life Sciences Building (CLSB). The building cost $ 295 million to construct, and houses OHSU School of Dentistry and Dental Clinics, Portland State University classes and Oregon State University's Doctor of Pharmacy program. In April, 2018, CLSB
1260-439: The main cause of global climate change . Kulongoski said the state needs a consistent message on reducing greenhouse gases to combat climate change . Beginning the week of April 24, 2007, Kulongoski gained national attention when he joined a campaign, known as the food stamp challenge , that portrays the difficulty living on the average weekly food stamp allotment of $ 21. Kulongski announced May 8, 2007 that Oregon will join
1305-468: The people of Oregon that I was in it to win it and that I absolutely would not play a spoiler role". On November 7, 2006, Kulongoski won a second term, 51% to 43% over Ron Saxton . In February 2007, Kulongoski and State Senator Brad Avakian worked to clarify that Oregon recognizes no position of "state climatologist" in response to the use of that title by Oregon State University professor George H. Taylor , who believes that human activities are not
1350-526: The project inappropriately made use of public right of way for private purposes. During the construction phase, the project came under additional public scrutiny amid rising construction and operation costs. The final cost of its construction was $ 57 million, almost 4 times over its original projected budget. After opening in December 2006, the tram carried its one millionth passenger on October 17, 2007, and its ten millionth rider on January 8, 2014. In 2006,
1395-468: The school moved to its present location on Marquam Hill in Southwest Portland. The Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation Company donated 20 acres (8.1 ha) and C.S. "Sam" Jackson , publisher of the now-defunct Oregon Journal donated the remaining 88 acres (36 ha) to the school two years prior to the move after the property had been deemed unsuitable for the construction of
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1440-400: The southwest neighborhood of Homestead , is home to the university's medical school as well as two associated hospitals. The Oregon Health & Science University Hospital is a Level I trauma center and general hospital; Doernbecher Children's Hospital is a children's hospital which specializes in pediatric medicine and care of children with long-term illness. The university maintains
1485-411: The state's workers' compensation insurance system, a move that is widely credited for lowering costs to business. In 1992, Kulongoski was elected as Oregon Attorney General , defeating Republican Rich Rodeman. As Attorney General, he focused on reforming the juvenile justice system. In 1996, Kulongoski decided against running for re-election as Attorney General, and instead successfully ran for
1530-566: The time. The Oregon Health Sciences University name was modified to the Oregon Health & Science University. The merger was funded in part by a $ 4 million grant from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust , earmarked to help launch a new biomedical engineering program at the School. The OGI School of Science and Engineering was renamed the Department of Science & Engineering within the School of Medicine at OHSU in 2008. OHSU vacated
1575-426: The tram began in 2005, the project was criticized by residents in the neighborhoods located directly below the projected tram route who believed its construction would result in an invasion of privacy and lower property values. The group No Tram to OHSU argued that OHSU had not sufficiently justified the benefits of the tram, that the tram would not alleviate traffic congestion on Marquam Hill as OHSU claimed, and that
1620-725: The tram was funded largely by OHSU ($ 40 million, 70%), with contributions from the city of Portland ($ 8.5 million, 15%) and developers and landowners in the South Portland neighborhood. On January 8, 2008, OHSU announced that it will establish a research institute at the Florida Center for Innovation at Tradition in the Tradition community in Port St. Lucie, Florida . The institute eventually will employ 200 workers. Institute scientists will study infectious diseases of
1665-596: The tumor microenvironment. It is led by researchers Mara Sherman and Melissa Wong . Susan Flocke and Kerri Winters-Stone lead the Cancer Prevention and Control research program, which explores cancer prevention and risk reduction, screening and early detection, and survivorship. The Quantitative Oncology program focuses on technology development, molecular characterization, and systems biology. The fourth research program, Translational Oncology, has themes of target validation and high-impact interventions. This program
1710-554: The university could match it over the subsequent two years. The challenge motivated Columbia Sportswear chairwoman Gert Boyle to donate $ 100 million in 2014. On June 25, 2015, OHSU met the $ 500 million matching-donations goal, and Knight met with Robin Roberts on Good Morning America that morning to announce his matching $ 500 million donation, bringing the total to $ 1 billion raised. OHSU remained Oregon's only medical school until 2011, when College of Osteopathic Medicine of
1755-411: The vote. Kulongoski faced multiple opponents in the general election: Republican Party candidate Ron Saxton , Constitution Party candidate Mary Starrett, Libertarian Party candidate Richard Morley, and Pacific Green Party candidate Joe Keating . Former Republican Ben Westlund planned on running as independent, but on August 10, 2006, withdrew from the race, stating that "I made a commitment to
1800-466: Was considering challenging Kulongoski in the Democratic primary. One month later, Kitzhaber announced he would not do so, as did another potential Democratic rival, State Senator Vicki Walker . This left Kulongoski with two challengers: Lane County Commissioner Pete Sorenson , and former State treasurer Jim Hill , both of whom accused Kulongoski of betraying Democratic Party principles. Stated Hill, "From my standpoint, [the Democratic Party primary debate]
1845-534: Was defeated by Republican incumbent Victor G. Atiyeh . At the 1980 Democratic National Convention then-State Senator and U.S. Senate nominee Kulongoski received 8 (0.24%) delegate votes for Vice President of the United States . Kulongoski was not a candidate and incumbent Walter Mondale was easily renominated. In 1987, Oregon Governor Neil Goldschmidt appointed Kulongoski to the post of state insurance commissioner. In that role, Kulongoski reformed
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1890-399: Was established in 2011), OHSU is committed to meeting the health care needs of the state with typically 70% of the students from in-state. Admissions is highly competitive, with the school receiving over 6,700 applications and interviewing approximately 570 applicants for 150 seats. The average GPA of the entering class is 3.63 with a median MCAT score of 509. Its Physician Assistant program
1935-482: Was most recently ranked 5th by U.S. News & World Report . OHSU's School of Dentistry was merged into the university in 1945. Accredited through the Commission on Dental Accreditation , the school has departments in endodontics, orthodontics, pathology and radiology, oral and maxillofacial surgery, periodontics, and pediatric dentistry, among others. The D.M.D. program admits 75 students each year. In 2014,
1980-543: Was renamed to the Joseph E. Robertson, Jr. Collaborative Life Sciences Building (RLSB). As existing surface streets were deemed insufficient to connect the South Waterfront campus to the Marquam Hill campus, the Portland Aerial Tram was built as the primary link between them and opened December 1, 2006. Controversy surrounded the costs of the tram, which nearly quadrupled from initial estimates. Construction of
2025-508: Was scheduled for outpatient surgery at Oregon Health & Science University on June 30, 2010, to surgically remove the vitreous gel from the middle of the eye so full vision can be restored. After leaving the governor's office, he was appointed by John Kitzhaber to the Public Safety Commission as part of a review of Oregon's sentencing guidelines. In 2012, Kulongoski joined the faculty at Portland State University in
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