A KATU-TV campaign sponsored by Credit Unions for Kids helps fundraise for the Rood Family Pavilion. Dana Brander, M.D., Cindy McEvoy, M.D. and Carrie Phillipi, M.D., Ph.D., as well as patient Brayden, are featured.

A KATU-TV campaign sponsored by Credit Unions for Kids helps fundraise for the Rood Family Pavilion. Dana Brander, M.D., Cindy McEvoy, M.D. and Carrie Phillipi, M.D., Ph.D., as well as patient Noah are featured.

A KATU-TV campaign sponsored by Credit Unions for Kids helps fundraise for the Rood Family Pavilion. Dana Brander, M.D., Cindy McEvoy, M.D. and Carrie Phillipi, M.D., Ph.D., as well as patient Chloe are featured.

The OHSU Foundation sponsors 2020 Corporate Philanthropy Awards.

Ajit Jetmalani, M.D., discusses the importance of community-based social supports, including those offered by in-person school, for children who experience trauma due to Oregon wildfires, COVID-19.

In an article describing what patients should consider before seeking experimental coronavirus treatments, Annette Totten, M.D., says: “The challenge is the evidence is not good because everything with COVID is new. I think it’s hard to cut through all the noise.”

At the Women in Medicine Summit, Avital O’Glasser, M.D., discusses how perioperative medicine has adapted amid the pandemic, and the intersection of academic medicine and social media.

A study co-authored by Donald Sullivan, M.D., recommends more research into less invasive ventilation: “More hospitalized patients are using non-invasive ventilation toward the end of their lives, even though there isn’t a lot of evidence that clearly lays out the therapy’s pros and cons.”

Chris Stauffer, M.D., describes the benefits of psilocybin therapy.

As COVID-19 safety precautions and understanding of the virus continue to improve, cancer centers across are seeing more patients; Kiri Cook, M.D., says: “The landscape has definitely changed; although we’re all still dealing with a lot of uncertainty, we seem to have found a steady state in terms of our ability to care for patients with adequate infection control. “With respect to social connection, though, patients and providers are both still struggling.”