State of the School 2012

On Feb. 15, the School of Medicine held its annual all-faculty meeting at which Dean Mark Richardson presented the State-of-the-School. While this was a meeting for faculty, the information on this page may be of interest to students, staff, alumni and community friends. Three guest speakers shared their perspectives on our future as well.  Below are a few highlights from the meeting.

• Read the February message from Dean Mark Richardson

Presentations & Photos

• Building on Momentum - Speaker Presentations
• 2011 Year in Pictures

Dean Mark Richardson

Mark Richardson, MD, MBA, talked about our momentum toward becoming a 21st century medical school and celebrated some of our many successes from the past year.

Chief Financial Officer Lawrence Furnstahl

Lawrence Furnstahl, CFO, noted that academic medicine is in a "paradoxical era" – a golden age of potential for the biomedical sciences with new cures and treatments on the horizon but coupled with unprecedented funding constraints.

Senior Associate Dean Mary Stenzel-Poore

Mary Stenzel-Poore, PhD, Senior Associate Dean for Research, emphasized the transformation of our research culture into one focused on careful planning, efficiency  and responsiveness to emerging research opportunities, better able to rapidly apply new knowledge into the health care setting.

OHSU President Joe Robertson

Joe Robertson, MD, MBA, provided an overview, along with a few predictions, about the rollout of health care reform in Oregon and nationally, reminding us that this is no longer an "if" but a "when" situation.