(Left to right) Heather Mayes, R.N., Ellie Toole, R.N., Jesus Esparza, and his wife Cynthia look over photos on Esparza's phone in the OHSU Medical Intensive Care Unit in April 2019, After contracting a bad strain of the flu, Esparza spent 23 days in the intensive care in 2016, where Mayes and Toole cared for him. He was kept alive with the help of advanced medical equipment that oxygenated his blood, called ECMO. Toole cared for him during that time. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

(Left to right) Heather Mayes, R.N., Ellie Toole, R.N., Jesus Esparza, and his wife Cynthia look over photos on Esparza's phone in the OHSU Medical Intensive Care Unit in April 2019, After contracting a bad strain of the flu, Esparza spent 23 days in the intensive care in 2016, where Mayes and Toole cared for him. He was kept alive with the help of advanced medical equipment that oxygenated his blood, called ECMO. Toole cared for him during that time. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

(Left to right) Ellie Toole, R.N. greets Jesus Esparza, in the OHSU Medical Intensive Care Unit in April 2019, After contracting a bad strain of the flu, Esparza spent 23 days in the intensive care in 2016. He was kept alive with the help of advanced medical equipment that oxygenated his blood, called ECMO. Toole cared for him during that time. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

(Left to right) Jesus Esparza, Crystal Pelgorsch, R.N., and Dr. Stephanie Nonas visit in the OHSU Medical Intensive Care Unit in April 2019, After contracting a bad strain of the flu, Esparza spent 23 days in the intensive care in 2016. He was kept alive with the help of advanced medical equipment that oxygenated his blood, called ECMO. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Jesus Esparza hugs Dr. Stephanie Nonas, as he visits the staff at the OHSU Medical Intensive Care Unit in April 2019, thanking them for their care during his 23-day hospital stay in 2016. Esparza was kept alive with the help of advanced medical equipment that oxygenated his blood, called ECMO. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Jesus Esparza visits with Dr. Stephanie Nonas, as he visits the staff at the OHSU Medical Intensive Care Unit in April 2019, thanking them for their care during his 23-day hospital stay in 2016. Esparza was kept alive with the help of advanced medical equipment that oxygenated his blood, called ECMO. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Jesus Esparza visits the staff at the OHSU Medical Intensive Care Unit in April 2019, thanking them for their care during his 23-day hospital stay in 2016. Esparza was kept alive with the help of advanced medical equipment that oxygenated his blood, called ECMO. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

OHSU Convocation, a celebratory occasion honoring all students as they culminate their academic experience at OHSU, was held at the Oregon Convention Center, in Portland on Sunday, June 3, 2018. (OHSU/John Valls)

Candace Sherman, R.N., B.S.N. – OHSU School of Nursing Class of 2019. (OHSU)

Odaisa Igwe, Pharm.D. - Class of 2019, OSU/OHSU College of Pharmacy. (OHSU)