Media Inquiries

OHSU Strategic Communications is available 24 hours a day, every day, to respond to media inquiries.

For assistance during business hours, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. (excluding holidays), call 503-494-8231 or email news@ohsu.edu.

For after hours assistance, call 503-494-8311 and ask the operator to page the on-call media relations coordinator.

Media contacts by topic:

Click on the subject list below to determine which media relations specialist can help facilitate your request. (For other topics, please email or call Strategic Communications.)

Blood Diseases (Hematology)
Amanda Gibbs
Amanda Gibbs
Communications Manager, OHSU Knight Cancer Institute
Cancer and Cancer Prevention (Knight Cancer Institute)
Amanda Gibbs
Amanda Gibbs
Communications Manager, OHSU Knight Cancer Institute
Cardiology (Knight Cardiovascular Institute)
Franny White
Franny White
Senior Media Relations Specialist
Casey Eye Institute
Franny White
Franny White
Senior Media Relations Specialist
Center for Embryonic Cell and Gene Therapy
Erik Robinson
Erik Robinson
Senior Media Relations Specialist
Center for Ethics
OHSU Communications
Center for Women's Health
Nicole Rideout
Nicole Rideout
Senior Media Relations Specialist
Dermatology (Adult)
OHSU Communications
Diabetes
OHSU Communications
Education
Franny White
Franny White
Senior Media Relations Specialist
Emergency Medicine
Erik Robinson
Erik Robinson
Senior Media Relations Specialist
Emergency Preparedness
Tamara Hargens-Bradley
Tamara Hargens-Bradley
Senior Director, Strategic Communications
Ethics Center
OHSU Communications
Family Medicine
OHSU Communications
Gene Therapy
Erik Robinson
Erik Robinson
Senior Media Relations Specialist
Government Relations
Sara Hottman
Sara Hottman
Associate Director, Media Relations
Health Policy
Erik Robinson
Erik Robinson
Senior Media Relations Specialist
Hearing (Oregon Hearing Research Center)
Erik Robinson
Erik Robinson
Senior Media Relations Specialist
Heart Disease
Franny White
Franny White
Senior Media Relations Specialist
Imaging
OHSU Communications
Infectious Diseases
OHSU Communications
Neurology, Neuroscience (Adult)
Erik Robinson
Erik Robinson
Senior Media Relations Specialist
Nutrition
Franny White
Franny White
Senior Media Relations Specialist
OB/GYN
Nicole Rideout
Nicole Rideout
Senior Media Relations Specialist
Ophthalmology (Casey Eye Institute)
Franny White
Franny White
Senior Media Relations Specialist
Oregon Hearing Research Center
Erik Robinson
Erik Robinson
Senior Media Relations Specialist
Oregon National Primate Research Center
Tamara Hargens-Bradley
Tamara Hargens-Bradley
Senior Director, Strategic Communications
Oregon Poison Center
Nicole Rideout
Nicole Rideout
Senior Media Relations Specialist
Orthopedics
Erik Robinson
Erik Robinson
Senior Media Relations Specialist
Partnerships (statewide)
OHSU Communications
Pediatrics (Doernbecher Children's Hospital)
Nicole Rideout
Nicole Rideout
Senior Media Relations Specialist
Pharmacy
Franny White
Franny White
Senior Media Relations Specialist
Public Health (OHSU-PSU School of Public Health)
Nicole Rideout
Nicole Rideout
Senior Media Relations Specialist
Radiation Medicine
Amanda Gibbs
Amanda Gibbs
Communications Manager, OHSU Knight Cancer Institute
Rural Health (Campus for Rural Health)
Franny White
Franny White
Senior Media Relations Specialist
School of Dentistry
Franny White
Franny White
Senior Media Relations Specialist
School of Medicine
Franny White
Franny White
Senior Media Relations Specialist
School of Nursing
Franny White
Franny White
Senior Media Relations Specialist
Sleep Disorders (Adult)
OHSU Communications
Sports Medicine
Erik Robinson
Erik Robinson
Senior Media Relations Specialist
Technology Transfer
OHSU Communications
Telemedicine
OHSU Communications
Transplantation Medicine
OHSU Communications
Trauma Program
Erik Robinson
Erik Robinson
Senior Media Relations Specialist
Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute (VGTI)
Franny White
Franny White
Senior Media Relations Specialist
Vollum Institute
Erik Robinson
Erik Robinson
Senior Media Relations Specialist
Women's Health (Center for Women's Health)
Nicole Rideout
Nicole Rideout
Senior Media Relations Specialist
Women's Health Screening (Cancer-related)
Amanda Gibbs
Amanda Gibbs
Communications Manager, OHSU Knight Cancer Institute