OHSU

Who We Are

Oregon Health & Science University is a leading health and research university that strives for excellence in patient care, education, research and community service.

As a part of the university, OHSU Healthcare provides leading-edge healthcare services to patients throughout Oregon, the Pacific Northwest, and far beyond. As Oregon’s only academic health center, OHSU cares for the hardest-to-treat patients, and provides an extensive range of services from everyday healthcare needs to the most complex and highly sophisticated treatments and procedures.

OHSU’s mission of healing, teaching and research, combined with community service, sets us apart. Together, these pieces form the foundation for our patient care services. With knowledge at our core, we seek to find innovative solutions to each patient’s needs and to the nationwide health care challenges we face today.

Facts and Figures (2008)

OHSU includes two hospitals (OHSU Hospital and OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital) and numerous medical practices that are located on Marquam Hill, at the Center for Health & Healing, and in several neighborhoods in the Portland metro area.

Number of patients (hospitals and clinics) - 191,872
Number of patient visits (hospitals and clinics) - 726,952
Number of hospital beds (adult and children) - 560
  • OHSU is a regional resource for patients from Oregon, southwest Washington, Idaho, Montana, Alaska and northern California.
  • Nearly 34 percent of our patients come from outside the Portland tri-county metropolitan area.
  • A little more than 88 percent of our patients come from counties in Oregon.
  • OHSU is one of two designated Level 1 Trauma Centers in the state and played a pivotal role in the inception of the Oregon Trauma System.
  • The OHSU Knight Cancer Institute is the only cancer center between Sacramento and Seattle designated by the National Cancer Institute.
  • OHSU is the only place in Oregon where adults and children can receive bone-marrow transplants.
  • The Oregon Stroke Center at OHSU ranks eighth in the nation for treating stroke victims.
  • The OHSU Center for Women's Health is one of 20 national Centers of Excellence for women's health.
  • OHSU is conducting 768 clinical trials to bring new treatments and cures to patients sooner.