Garage attendant Mehrdad Ramezan Baik stands at the entrance to the parking garage at Oregon Health & Science University’s Center for Health & Healing. In a typical day, he may interact with as many as 600 patients. (OHSU/Chris Lydgate)

Mehrdad Ramezan Baik received many compliments for his cheerful presence at the Mission Monday reception on June 5, 2023. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Merhdad Ramezan Baik and OHSU President Danny Jacobs. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Garage attendant Mehrdad Ramezan Baik stands at the entrance to the parking garage at Oregon Health & Science University’s Center for Health & Healing. In a typical day, he may interact with as many as 600 patients. (OHSU/Chris Lydgate)

During OHSU President Danny Jacobs' Mission Monday speech on June 5, 2023, Jacobs read a patient family's letter about their interactions with Mehrdad Ramezan Baik. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Luiz Bertassoni, D.D.S., Ph.D., y su equipo de investigación sobre cáncer afuera del Knight Cancer Research Building de OHSU. Bertassoni encabezará el Knight Cancer Precision Biofabrication Hub, recientemente creado para que los investigadores de cáncer desgranen las complejidades de los diferentes tipos de cáncer usando tejido creado en el laboratorio. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Codirectora de CEDAR Shelley Barton, Ph.D. Barton dijo que los investigadores de Knight Cancer están utilizando organoides cultivados en laboratorio y otros modelos biofabricados para explorar procesos de enfermedades fundamentales con más enfoque y flexibilidad de lo que es posible con animales de laboratorio o cultivos de células que crecen en un plato plano de plástico. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Luiz Bertassoni, D.D.S., Ph.D., y sus colegas desarrollaron un material de reemplazo óseo que se puede inyectar en defectos óseos para formar un andamio para la regeneración ósea. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Luiz Bertassoni, D.D.S., Ph.D., and his cancer research team stand outside the OHSU Knight Cancer Research Building. Bertassoni will lead a newly formed Knight Cancer Precision Biofabrication Hub that will allow cancer researchers to dissect the complexities of cancers through lab-grown tissues. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Luiz Bertassoni, D.D.S., Ph.D., and colleagues developed a bone replacement material that can be injected into bone defects to form a scaffold for bone regeneration. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)