Company Profile
Oregon Health & Science University
Company Overview
OHSU is Oregon’s only public academic health center. We are a system of hospitals and clinics across Oregon and southwest Washington. We are an institution of higher learning, with schools of medicine, nursing, pharmacy, dentistry and public health – and with a network of campuses and partners throughout Oregon. We are a national research hub, with thousands of scientists developing lifesaving therapies and deeper understanding. We are a statewide economic engine and Portland’s largest employer. And as a public organization, we provide services for the most vulnerable Oregonians, and outreach to improve health in communities across the state.
Across our missions of healing, teaching and discovery, we unite some of the world’s brightest minds in a singular vision: to rethink everything. We are creators of precision cancer medicine. We are innovators of an education model that lets each student forge a unique path. We turn discoveries into lifesaving care.
We are also a community — one of different colors, genders, orientations, cultures and interests. Each of us chose Oregon’s lush forests and sapphire rivers. Each of us chose OHSU’s relentless pursuit of new ideas. Together we are working toward a cause bigger than any of us: to bring health and hope to all.
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Company History
In October 1887, the University of Oregon established a department of medicine in Northwest Portland. Since those first building blocks were laid, the university has dramatically expanded both in form and function, but its core values and mission remain the same.
In the 1800s - less than a quarter century after the Oregon Trail opened, Willamette University welcomed its first medical students to its Salem campus. The University of Oregon chartered a state medical school in Portland and began the University of Oregon Medical Department. It's location was acquired from the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Co. - 116 acres of land, atop Marquam Hill.
In the 1900s - the university kept expanding to add a school of nursing, dentistry, pharmacy and public health.
In the 2000s - Marquam Hill could no longer accommodate the rapid expansion level of the university and an additional campus at the South Waterfront in Portland was added. Generous donations in the amounts of millions of dollars made possible the creation of the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, Bob and Charlee Moore Institute for Nutrition and Wellness, the OHSU Knight Cardiovascular Institute and the completion of multiple state-of-the art facilities for OHSU's clinical, research, education and community outreach work.
For more details on OHSU's unique history, please visit: https://www.ohsu.edu/about/ohsu-history
Notable Accomplishments / Recognition
In 2024 OHSU doctors implated Oregon's first wireless, dual-chamber pacemaker.
OHSU Doernbecher fetal surgeons perform region's first in-utero spina bifida repair in 2024.
OHSU leads national effort to define and evaluate standards for respectful maternity care.
OHSU is testing CRISPR gene-editing technology to treat transthyretin amyloidosis.
OHSU researchers identify a gene that could be key to future HIV vaccine in 2024 - human CMV gene blocks necessary T cell response; HIV vaccines engineered without the gene being tested in clinical trials.
OHSU researchers discover link between proteins in tears, pain after eye surgery. Findings could lead to new screening tools, treatment for pain after surgeries such as LASIK.
For more accomplishments, please visit: https://news.ohsu.edu/2024/12/31/ohsu-2024-accomplishments-the-year-in-review
Benefits
Discounts and priority enrollment at selected child care providers.
Flexible spending accounts.
Pregnancy and breastfeeding support.
Tuition reimbursement for selected courses at Oregon Universities and colleges.