About Doernbecher Children's Hospital
Pediatric care
From the ordinary to the extraordinary
OHSU Doernbecher offers the region’s broadest range of pediatric treatments – to more children in more places than any other hospital in Oregon or Southwest Washington.
- Providing the greatest number of children’s specialists working together in one location
- Offering the newest and most advanced treatments because Doernbecher is part of OHSU, Oregon’s only academic health center
- Partnering with providers to deliver care to children from every county in Oregon
- Integrating inpatient, outpatient and surgical care in one facility
Education and training
Educating pediatric specialists throughout the region
- Doernbecher offers the only pediatric residency program in Oregon – and each year roughly 1,000 medical students from around the country vie for the program’s 18 spots
- More than a quarter of all physicians in the U.S. pursuing pediatrics apply to Doernbecher each year as interns and residents
- Doernbecher provides a wide range of professional development
Pediatric research
Finding cures and treatments, changing the face of pediatric medical science
- Involved in more than 80 active pediatric clinical trials and databases – more than all other Oregon hospitals combined
- Part of OHSU, a nationally ranked research institution where more than 4,000 research studies are currently under way
- Testing the newest potential cancer therapies as one of only 21 National Cancer Institute-designated pediatric Phase 1 cancer centers in the nation; world’s first hospital to test the effectiveness of Gleevec, the revolutionary cancer pill* on kids
- Breakthrough research in the genetic and cellular causes of childhood diseases
Community outreach
Doernbecher experts collaborate to improve the health of children
- Doernbecher experts travel the region to provide specialty care at more than 150 outreach clinics in 13 locations so kids can receive care in their own communities
- The Pediatric and Neonatal Doernbecher Transport (PANDA) team responds to emergencies throughout the state, making more than 800 trips each year
- Doernbecher’s telemedicine network includes sites in Eugene, Medford, Roseburg, Silverton, Astoria, Coos Bay and McMinnville – allowing Doernbecher specialists to partner with regional providers via state-of-the-art technology
Only at Doernbecher
Offering services available nowhere else in Oregon, including:
- Pediatric bone marrow/stem cell transplants
- Pediatric epilepsy surgery
- Phase I clinical trials for new pediatric cancer therapies
- Comprehensive care for infants, children and adolescents with brain tumors
- Pediatric hemophilia services
- Pediatric renal transplant
- Treatment for inborn errors of metabolism
- Most advanced non-invasive treatments for heart defects
- See an A-Z list of all Doernbecher services