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Our Faculty                          

Paul Bascom, M.D.                               
Associate Professor of Medicine
Specialty: Palliative Medicine                          undefined

Office Phone: 503-494-8534

Accepting Patients:  Inpatient consultation at OHSU only.

Dr. Bascom is the Medical Director of the OHSU Palliative Medicine and Comfort Care Team.  This team serves patients with serious and life-threatening illnesses at OHSU hospital.  The team provides guidance to patients, families, and their medical teams to alleviate suffering and promote quality of life.

Dr. Bascom served for many years as a primary care physician, and as Medical Director of Legacy Hospice and Hopewell House Hospice Center.  He now devotes his professional activities to Palliative Care full-time.

Dr. Bascom speaks Spanish fluently and enjoys singing and outdoor recreation.  He is the father of three daughters.

 

Appointments

  • Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology & Medical Oncology.
  • Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine

 

Professional Education & Training

  • 1979-1981 B.A., Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
  • 1982-1986 M.D., Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
  • 1986-1989 Internal Medicine Residency, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, CA

Special Interests

Care of the terminally ill.

Certifications

  • Hospice and Palliative Medicine
  • Fellow, American College of Physicians
 

Selected Publications:

  • Fromme EK, Bascom PB, Smith MD, Tolle SW, Hanson L, Hickam DH, Osborne ML.Related Articles, Links Survival, mortality, and location of death for patients seen by a hospital-based palliative care team. J Palliat Med. 2006 Aug;9(4):903-11.
     
  • Bascom P, Smith MD.Related Articles, Links Infections and the use of antibiotics in dying patients. J Palliat Med. 2006 Feb;9(1):227. 
  • Bascom PB, Tolle SW.Related Articles, Links Responding to requests for physician-assisted suicide: "These are uncharted waters for both of us...". JAMA. 2002 Jul 3;288(1):91-8.
  • Bascom P. A community hospice rotation for medicine residents. Acad Med. 2001 May;76(5):564-5. 
  • Tucakovic M, Bascom R, Bascom PB. Pulmonary medicine and palliative care. Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol. 2001 Apr;15(2):291-304. Review.