The OHSU Casey Eye Institute’s Elks Preschool Vision Screening Program is celebrating 20 years of free vision screenings for children age 3 to 5. Joannah Vaughan says, “A lot of parents think, ‘Oh, a 3-year-old is too young for glasses,’ but this is absolutely the best time to get a child in glasses, because this is when they’re learning to read. This is when they’re interacting with other kids.”

Via a cohort study of 434,203 veterans with solid tumors and hematologic neoplasms within the Veterans Health Administration, OHSU researchers studied whether cancer-directed therapy changed patterns of the incidence and risk of cancer-associated thrombosis (CAT) at the VA.

A story about Neurona's development of cell therapy for epilepsy highlights a successful procedure — the second in the nation — at OHSU. Kim Burchiel, M.D., the surgeon, says, “we’re entering a new phase” for treating neurological conditions. Now the world of “neuro-restorative” treatments is opening up.

The Columbia Memorial Hospital-Oregon Health & Science University Knight Cancer Collaborative received its second three-year accreditation from the Commission on Cancer. Accreditation from the Commission on Cancer places the hospital among a select group of cancer programs in the country, few of which serve rural communities.

Jennifer Rossoff, who underwent a liver transplant at OHSU after a donor liver was preserved on a perfusion machine dubbed “liver in a box”, says: “I would not have gotten that liver if it wasn’t for that technology."

The OHSU Casey Eye Institute’s Elks Preschool Vision Screening Program has provided free vision screening to more than 65,000 Oregon toddlers sine 20033. Joannah Vaughan, M.B.A., says: “A screening that lasts just a few seconds can save a child’s sight.”

OHSU hosts a roundtable discussion featuring experts from across the institution and the community to raise public awareness and drive solutions to reduce gun violence. “This is not a dichotomous gun-rights versus gun-control issue. This gets us nowhere,” says Kathleen Carlson, Ph.D. “What we mean to say, most simply, is that we’re using multi-layered, multifaceted approaches to understanding the multiple causes of gun violence and finding the solutions for this problem.”

OHSU announces that benefits for domestic partners will not be discontinued. In a statement OHSU says, "To be clear, OHSU will continue to offer insurance coverage for domestic partners and the children of domestic partners. Eliminating this coverage is not in alignment with our values.”

The Portland Business Journal covers compensation changes at OHSU among UA employees, unions and others. Qiana Williams, M.Ed., to “fine tune and develop a compensation philosophy and practice that’s equitable and aligns with the market.”

Radu Moisa, M.D., is the new program director for Cascades East Family Medicine Residency, a program administered and sponsored by OHSU in collaboration with Sky Lakes Medical Center.