OHSU’s Marquam Hill campus in Southwest Portland is growing. These projects will expand your access to advanced care.

Cancer care

Vista Pavilion is a 14-story building that will have 128 beds for cancer patients.

The building, on Southwest Campus Drive, has three skybridges to OHSU Hospital and one to Kohler Pavilion.

Vista Pavilion will have 125 patient parking spaces. A new Campus Drive transit station will offer bicycle parking and access to buses and ride-hailing services.

• Cost: $650 million
• Size: 500,000 square feet
• Architect: NBBJ
• Contractor: Skanska

Brain and heart care

Some services will move to Vista Pavilion from Kohler Pavilion, freeing space in Kohler for:

• 42 new beds for brain care
• 18 new beds for heart care

This will bring us to a total of 72 beds for brain care and 60 beds for heart care.

Our Emergency Department project will add 17 beds. It will also:

• Improve patient and staff safety
• Create separate entrances for adult and pediatric emergency care

Why we’re expanding

OHSU has been at or near capacity for adults for years. Oregon ranks among states with the fewest adult hospital beds relative to population. The coronavirus pandemic showed an urgent need to address this.

Expansion will:

• Give more people access to advanced care
• Help us better care for trauma patients as one of Oregon’s two Level 1 trauma centers
• Meet the needs of an aging population
• Keep up with growth in the Portland area and beyond

Timeline

October 2021: OHSU’s board of directors approves the start of the hospital expansion project.

January 2022: Construction starts on Vista Pavilion.

July 2025: Work begins on the Emergency Department expansion.

April 7, 2026: Vista Pavilion is set to open.

Aug. 1, 2026: New heart care space is set to open in Kohler Pavilion.

Dec. 1, 2026: New brain care space is set to open in Kohler Pavilion.

January 2028: The Emergency Department expansion is set to be done.

Pediatric care

We look forward to a Doernbecher Children’s Hospital addition when we have the funding. Our goal is to expand the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and our space for high-risk pregnancy care. This will help us care for some of our most vulnerable patients and families.