Jessica Warren, 31, center, was 25 weeks pregnant when imaging showed she had an aortic dissection, or a tear in the aorta artery at the top of the heart, and she was transported from Salem via Life Flight to OHSU for care. Here with her husband, Erick Warren, 36. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Jaxson Warren was born 14 weeks early on Halloween, during an emergency Cesarian section surgery at Oregon Health & Science University. (Courtesy of the Warren family)

Jessica Warren came to OHSU via helicopter on Oct. 23, 2023, after Salem Health physicians diagnosed her with a torn aorta, the candy cane-shaped blood vessel that stems from the top of the heart. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Jessica Warren, 31, was 25 weeks pregnant when imaging showed she had an aortic dissection, or a tear in the aorta artery at the top of the heart, and she was transported from Salem via Life Flight to OHSU for care. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Jessica Warren, 31, center, was 25 weeks pregnant when imaging showed she had an aortic dissection, or a tear in the aorta artery at the top of the heart, and she was transported from Salem via Life Flight to OHSU for care. Her husband, Erick Warren, left, and Castigliano Bhamidipati, D.O., Ph.D., M.Sc. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Castigliano Bhamidipati D.O., Ph.D., M.Sc., is Quality Medical Director for the KCVI Heart Institute and an Associate Professor of Surgery in the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, OHSU School of Medicine. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

OHSU mourns the passing of Albert Starr, M.D., a giant in cardiovascular medicine whose astonishingly productive career spanned more than half a century. (OHSU)