Toolkit Available: Promoting Pediatrics during COVID-19
OPS
05/27/2020
Oregon Pediatric Society has released a communications toolkit to help our members and partners amplify the message to families that pediatricians are available and OPEN FOR CHILDREN. OPS shares…
Recorded Session: OPS Members Address Parent Questions on COVID-19
OPS
05/19/2020
During a March 15 virtual Q+A session, OPS members reminded families to keep up on well visits and immunizations during COVID-19. This "Ask a Pediatrician" event was Oregon Pediatric Society's…
OPS Advocacy Committee member Dr. Lisa Reynolds Runs for State Representative
OPS
05/07/2020
Many OPS members have been extra busy during the pandemic. Advocacy Committee member Lisa Reynolds, MD, is seeing patients at The Children’s Clinic in Portland, being a mom to…
Dr. Antwon Chavis On Life as a Foster Parent During COVID-19
Antwon Chavis, MD.
05/05/2020
May is National Foster Care Month, and it honestly couldn’t have come at a better time. Many foster homes are in crisis right now, foster parents are struggling, and…
Household Disinfectant Safety & Other Home Poison Prevention Tips
Benjamin Hoffman, MD, FAAP. Originally published on HealthyChildren.org
04/24/2020
There are some dangerous myths families may hear about ways to treat or prevent COVID-19, and this is one of them. Household disinfectant products such as bleach are poisonous and…
2019 OPS Member Special Achievement Awards
OPS
04/23/2020
In a time that now feels long ago and far away, OPS was preparing for our annual CME conference and membership meeting. It was scheduled for this past Saturday,…
Child Abuse Awareness During Sheltering in Place
Tamara Grigsby, MD, FAAP / Child Abuse Specialist at OHSU
04/15/2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is destabilizing environments and driving up stressors for everyone in Oregon without discrimination; early data shows people of color and low-income families are disproportionally affected. As…
Dr. Ben Hoffman on Home Injuries Surge with COVID-19
New York Times
03/26/2020
As schools and offices are closed to promote social distancing, many parents are juggling remote work and childcare. OPS Member Ben Hoffman, MD, was quoted in a recent New York Times…
Dr. Whitney Casares Shares Advice for New Parents during COVID-19
OPS
03/19/2020
OPS Member Whitney Casares, MD, MPH, shared advice for parents in a March 19 Oregonian article, "Babies and the pandemic: How can new parents cope during the coronavirus outbreak?"…
Welcome New OPS Member Dr. Clara Lampi to Central Oregon
OPS
11/21/2019
A native Oregonian, Dr. Lampi grew up in Portland, with frequent trips to the northern Oregon coast to visit her grandparents. She graduated from Dartmouth Medical School in 2013 and completed…
Dr. Dean Sidelinger Begins as Oregon’s State Health Officer & Epidemiologist
OPS
11/19/2019
In September, OPS Member Dean Sidelinger, MD, MSEd, FAAP, became the State Health Officer and State Epidemiologist for Oregon. Prior to this position, Dr. Sidelinger was the deputy health officer…
Meet Pediatric Specialists of Pendleton
OPS
10/25/2019
In Oregon's rural areas, pediatricians are often outnumbered by family practice clinicians. However, Pediatric Specialists of Pendleton is an independent rural clinic in Umatilla County. Practicing in a rural area: OPS members Sara…
Dr. Lisa Reynolds Campaigns for Oregon State Legislature
OPS
10/25/2019
Lisa Reynolds, MD, has announced that she is running as a Democrat for Oregon House District 36. This district is in Portland and includes downtown, the south waterfront, and the…
Immigration Spotlight: Dr. Lauren Herbert Praised for Work at US-Mexico Border
OPS
08/19/2019
"You got a real hero in your midst in Dr. [Lauren] Herbert,” Senator Ron Wyden told the Eugene Register-Guard . “Had we not had her, I really fear for what would have…
Dr. Sherri Alderman Continues as Oregon’s Act Early Ambassador
OPS
07/24/2019
For the past two years, OPS member and developmental behavioral pediatrician Sherri Alderman, MD, MPH, IMH-E, FAAP has been the Act Early Ambassador for Oregon. This program is supported by…
OPS Names Dr. Alanna Braun as Vice President
OPS
07/24/2019
The Oregon Pediatric Society board has elected Alanna Braun, MD, FAAP, as OPS’s new Vice President. Dr. Braun has worked at Oregon Health and Science University’s Doernbecher Children’s Hospital since…
Dr. Bob Mendelson Receives AAP Award for Work with Child Health and Media
OPS
04/23/2019
Each year the AAP recognizes one Fellow of the Academy whose outstanding contributions have demonstrated that media's influence on child and adolescent health is an important public health issue, and…
OPS Executive Board Takes Office
OPS
09/05/2018
The past meets the present as this year's Executive Committee take their pledge on the original 1932 Constitution of the Oregon Pediatric Society. Left to right: Dana Nason, MD, FAAP…
Dr. Dana Hargunani Becomes Oregon Health Authority’s Chief Medical Officer
OHA
01/16/2018
Dana Hargunani, MD, MPH, became the Oregon Health Authority's (OHA) chief medical officer effective January 16, 2018. A full description is available at the OHA website.