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Residents gain clinical experience in settings covering a broad range of patient populations. Major clinical teaching facilities participating in the program include three units of OHSU (University Hospital, Doernbecher Children's Hospital, and the Child Development and Rehabilitation Center) and the Veterans Affairs Medical Center. University Hospital is a 500 bed hospital with a ward of 24 beds shared by Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Otolaryngology. Located throughout the University are hospital support services including nationally known treatment and diagnostic facilities. Doernbecher Children Hospital is a 70 bed facility located adjacent to University Hospital. The Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) is closely affiliated with the University and connected to University Hospital by a sky bridge. This new state-of-the-art facility, was opened in 1987. The VAMC Neurology Service has a 10 bed ward located near the neurology staff office. The Medical Center is a fully equipped medical facility with subsidiary services and diagnostic facilities. The Child Development and Rehabilitation Center (CDRC), a unit of OHSU, provides outpatient services for children with developmental and hereditary diseases. The CDRC, located in the southern part of the OHSU campus, has clinics of neurologic interest including those focusing on neurogenetics, spina bifida, and neuromuscular disease. Shriner's Hospital for Crippled Children, an affiliate of OHSU, is a 40 bed hospital adjacent to the University. It concentrates on patients with connective tissue disorders, many of whom also have neuromuscular disorders. |