In the face of expanding health disparities, Oregon Health & Science University has been a leader in meeting the growing need for reproductive health services, including abortion, and in educating the next generation of OB/GYNs. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Alison Edelman, M.D., M.P.H., left, and Maria Rodriguez, M.D., M.P.H., have seen an influx in patients since the June 2022 Dobbs decision. Despite efforts at OHSU and in Oregon, abortion services — what should be basic health care — are becoming increasingly unsafe and inaccessible. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Alison Edelman, M.D., M.P.H., and Maria Rodriguez, M.D., M.P.H., have seen an influx in patients since the June 2022 Dobbs decision. Despite efforts at OHSU and in Oregon, abortion services — what should be basic health care — are becoming increasingly unsafe and inaccessible. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

OHSU medical resident Stephen Bowden, M.D., (left) prepares for a simulated brain surgery exercise at OHSU, look on, August 4, 2017. The brain surgery simulator model created at OHSU allows new surgeons like Bowden to gain experience without risking a patient's life. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Annette Adkins, walking in her Portland neighborhood, has been nearly seizure-free since undergoing an experimental procedure at OHSU on Oct. 26 implanting inhibitory nerve cells into a precisely defined focal point in the brain to quell seizures. Known as NRTX-1001 neuronal cell therapy, the technique has been tried in two patients nationwide so far as part of an ongoing multisite clinical trial. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

OHSU neurosurgeon Ahmed Raslan, M.D., performs high-frequency ultrasound surgery on patient Jean Henderson on Wednesday, March 30, 2022. The new method involved no incisions and eliminated her hand tremor. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

OHSU neurosurgeon Ahmed Raslan, M.D., and his team on Wednesday, March 30, 2022, during patient Jean Henderson's surgery. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)