Oregon Health & Science University

This review is for the 5^th floor, internal medicine, with Dr. Evans being one of the resident doctors.
Review on Dr. Evans himself: warm, friendly, relatively thorough, and informed. Overall two thumbs up on him and wants the best for his patients.
The actual practice on the other hand and OHSU’s billing department: TERRIBLE.
As I learned through my insurance company, OHSU charges premium prices for the work it does on its patients. I got some lab work done that cost an astronomical cost when the bill came in. Part of the reason why it was so high was that my insurance is so-​so. But the other part is that they charge FAR above the smaller practices in the city.
Then after learning of the ridiculous cost of the lab work, I put myself on a payment plan and was told that the first charge was going to kick in mid-​June, basically about a month from now. Guess what? 3 days later I see the first charge on my bank account. I called their billing department who told me there was nothing they could do. That they couldn’t refund the money, even though we explicitly came to the agreement of not having the first bill until a month after I had called in. Ridiculous.
I told the agent I spoke to to adjust the plan so I was no longer on automatic billing and I would simply call in or pay per month online. I had to get going and asked her to please call me back and confirm the changes would be done. She said she would do it. Guess what? NO PHONE CALL BACK.
Terrible, absolutely terrible. I am currently in the process of finding a new doctor. NEVER AGAIN will I see anyone from OHSU unless I have absolutely no other option.

Best hospital around for ALL. The nurses on 14k are the best in the world! The clinic for hematological malignancies is also a top notch care facility. The majority of the nurses there are pretty awesome.

My Mother just had cancer surgery here. Her care was excellent.
Every person from the surgery team down to the parking attendant was professional, compassionate, informed, efficient and very kind. This makes a world of difference when enduring something as profoundly stressful as seeing a loved one through a health crisis. Its obvious to me that this is part of the culture up there on the hill. I feel like the rest of Portland culture could benefit from a bit of this medicine.
And I will be looking to do some of my own doctoring up there for this very reason.

Oh, so this is a hospital? That must be why I saw so many smart-​looking people on the gondola.
Full disclosure: I was only there for the gondola. Advanced Western medicine = expendable. Gondola = indispensable.
So many times have I driven 99 or on Powell over the bridge and seen these little, shiny, silver alien space ships that looked liked airstream trailers.
So many times I played with my ham radio and said, «take me up there, space man. Take me to your home world. Take me to a Scandinavian breakfast planet (preferably, Snowland Alpha 9) where I can explore new forms of eggs, and breaded things with crust and cream.»
Ground control to OHSU
Raise me up like bubbles in my brew
Check ignition, and may government funding be with youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.
This is OHSU to ground control
I’m stepping in the silver door
and I’m floating in a most peculiar way
and the medical staff look very different today
For here are we standing in a tin can
Far above Stumptown
The doctors are gassy and it’s time to buy a round
Finally, one day I hiked over the hills from Beavertron and I ascended the plateau. It’s free to go down, $ 4 to come up. We just went down. They locked us inside the ship and I pressed my face against the glass and we descended over pine trees. Tiny cars and tiny house and tiny people waved up at us.
But they got bigger and bigger and BIGGER!
Finally, they were bigger than us, bigger than me and you and, and… everything. I sang a song to self-​soothe and blew raspberries on the glass. When they opened the door I stepped out and saw OHSU towering over, imposing its might at the edge of a cliff, like some sort of Castle Dracula.
When the zombie apocolypse hits Portland, I’m going to buy three crates of cheez-​whiz and three crates of chicken in a biscuit and a case of Old English, and a bodily waste bucket, and I’m going to ride the gondola over and over again, and give the finger to the zombies as they try to bogart my cheez-​whiz.
And if a doctor wants to check my heart beat on the way down, or suggests lifestyle choices, I’m cool.

RUN!!! They may be great for pediatrics but run away from their family practices and ENT department. They will do unnecessary things to you and have they «residents» see you instead of a certified MD. They will then charge you and not even listen to your concern. RUNNNNN!!!

I have made several trips to this hospital in the last 5 years. Their cardiology department is amazing and has helped transform my bad habits into a healthy lifestyle. I know people have vastly different experiences at OHSU, or any business for that matter. As for me, the good was the care after a Stent was installed in my heart. The bad was that after a back procedure, and 2 hours in recovery, it took my wife telling the nurses that I did not look right and to check me out further before they acted. If not for her insistance, I may not be writing this review. So, the fact I am here and healthy and happy is a 5 star. The fact that OHSU did not act until my wife gave them heck in the recovery room would rate 1 star, but they reacted extremely well after the whooping.

I have never had more problems with a hospital in my life. they had problems getting my records for two months. they falsely informed me of services that they provided and could not. I had one doctors appointment with doctor Korthuis and never felt so uncomfortable, rushed, judged, and never so unimportant in my life as a patient. They lacked proper information for patients. Lacked proper communication between staff. They still have yet to return a call to my pharmacy after two days of contact from my pharmacy. They also neglected to send 5 of 12 needed medications to my pharmacy. Honestly i could go on but i think what i’ve written will inform the public enough. If you care about your health well being and mental stability you should reconsider hospitals.

Ohsu sucks!

Had to go in for a torn Achilles Tendon, Ended up getting the Sharpest Sports Medicine Doc Evah, Dr. Rachell Bengtzen Highly recommend!