News & Stories

On Halloween 2020, Les Wallace was given an unforgettable treat. After spending six weeks in the hospital, he learned he would be getting a new heart. 

New technologies at the Jubitz Family Center for Excellence in Coronary Intervention are revolutionizing care of coronary artery disease for patients like Jamie McParland. 

Living with multiple sclerosis can be challenging and sometimes scary. Even when the disease isn’t progressing, there is always a “what if” in the back of the mind. 

Kathryn Smith was enjoying a successful 25-year career at Nike, traveling the world and making lots of friends along the way, when she was diagnosed with cancer. 

Providence St. Vincent Medical Center has again been named as one of America’s 50 Best Hospitals by Healthgrades. 

As hospitals all over Oregon grapple with the influx of RSV, flu and COVID patients, Providence St. Vincent’s Ray Moreno, M.D., talked to news media about how the hospital’s Emergency Department is handling this unprecedented patient volume.

Providence Oregon now has a team of dedicated, specialized forensic nurse examiners that works with patients who seek help during one of the most vulnerable times of their lives.

Providence and other health care partners helped launch Care Ecosystem in 2021, which supports people with dementia and their families. The program is supported by a generous Providence Foundations of Oregon donor, plus a new $7.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.

Jenny Burns has joined Providence Foundations as the new director of development for Providence Heart Institute, bringing extensive development experience as well as degrees in astrophysics and public policy.

In 2005 David Heller, a star on his high school basketball team, went to bed and never woke up. The 17-year-old was struck down in his sleep by hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), a condition caused by abnormal genes affecting the heart muscle. Last month a foundation created by his parents announced a gift to the heart institute that will help others with HCM through genetic counseling and research.

Thanks to generous donor support, Providence Multiple Sclerosis Center is now equipped with Icometrix—a tool that uses artificial intelligence to identify microscopic disease progression in patients with MS.