04/25/16  Portland, Ore.

MEDIA ALERT

WHAT:  

Oregon Health & Science University will announce a major gift at its Center for Health & Healing South Building Project groundbreaking celebration.

WHO: 

Presenters include:

• Joe Robertson, M.D., M.B.A., OHSU president
• Cynthia Grueber, OHSU interim senior vice president and executive director of OHSU Healthcare
• Jill Viggiano, Patient & Family Advisory Council member who has been involved in the design of CHH South from the beginning.
• Donor: to be announced at the event

WHEN:  

Tuesday, April 26, 2016, 10 a.m.

WHERE:  

OHSU Center for Health & Healing
3303 S.W. Bond Ave., Portland, OR 9723

Editors: Reporters/photographers should gather in the first-floor lobby of the Center for Health & Healing; they will be escorted to the event location.

DETAILS:  

The CHH South Building Project comprises two buildings:

Health care facility:

• Surgery and interventional procedures
• Clinical and research space for the Knight Cancer Institute, including oncology clinics, an infusion area and space for clinical trials
• Clinical space for the Digestive Health Center and Preoperative Medicine Clinic
• Retail pharmacy
• Lab services
• Healthy food options
• Open waiting spaces and access to outdoor terraces

Guest house building and parking garage:

• 76 units for patients & families
• Laundry facilities on each floor
• Indoor/outdoor spaces for children to play and adults to relax
• Communal kitchen and dining room
• Exercise space
• Conference center
• Space for a future urgent care center