The horror of this past week is not easily understood. First holiday shoppers in our own community and then school children and teachers in Connecticut were victims of mass murder. The Newtown tragedy was particularly jarring to those of us who have dedicated our lives to caring for children and families. Through our daily work caring for seriously ill children at Doernbecher, we are accustomed to helping families through the pain and suffering that accompanies … Read More
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Posted by: Tamara Hargens-Bradley in Administration, Advocacy, News, Public Health, Safety
On: Monday, December 17, 2012
Tags: Clackamas Town Center, epidemic of gun violence, H. Stacy Nicholson, mass murder, mental health system, Newtown tragedy, violent video games
As chairman of pediatrics and physician-in-chief at OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, I spend most of my days in meetings. They didn’t teach you how to run or attend meetings in medical school, but such is the life of an administrator – making the world a better place, one meeting at a time. (Full disclosure: I borrowed this phrase from one of our administrative interns.) On Wednesdays, I still get to be a doctor in exactly … Read More
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Posted by: Tamara Hargens-Bradley in Administration, Advocacy, Cancer, Neurology/Neurosurgery
On: Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Tags: brain tumor, child health adocacy, H. Stacy Nicholson, health care reimbursement, Kellie Nazemi, Kenneth Ford Cancer Center, pediatric neuro-oncology, physician-in-chief
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