team of doctors, nurses and other medical
professionals also deliver care in the areas
of emergency medicine, orthopedics, rehabilitation, trauma, diagnostic imaging and
screening and maternal fetal medicine. It also
houses the only burn center of its kind in the
northwestern United States, outside of Seattle.
Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital
and Health Center
1015 NW 22nd Avenue, Portland, OR 97210
503-413-7711; www.legacyhealth.org
This medical center is located in the heart of
northwest Portland in the Nob Hill neighborhood. Founded way back in 1875, the
hospital is home to the Legacy Cancer Institute—one of the best cancer programs in the
United States according to the American
College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer.
Legacy Good Samaritan also features the
Devers Eye Institute, a nonprofit clinic and
research organization that conducts some of
the leading eye care-related research in the
world, along with advising patients dealing with
a wide range of vision-impairing conditions.
In addition, the medical center offers comprehensive diabetes care, cardiovascular care,
rehabilitation and transplant services. And in
2015, the hospital broke ground on its Emergency Department Transportation Project,
which will shift its emergency services to
a more modern and efficient operation, to
the benefit of both patients and the staff
members who serve them.
Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center
19300 SW 65th Avenue, Tualatin, OR 97062
503-692-1212; www.legacyhealth.org
Legacy Meridian Park, located just south
of Portland in Tualatin, is one of just a
few hospitals in the country to receive
an achievement award in the category of
cardiac care from the American College
of Cardiology. The medical center is well
known for the high level of care it delivers to
individuals who have suffered a heart attack
or other cardiovascular conditions, with its
team aggressively handling the unique needs
of these patients in particular.
The hospital also has a comprehensive
stroke care and neurology department
and offers various services for individuals
dealing with spinal cord injuries, breast
cancer, joint conditions and a wide range of
other medical issues. Additional services at
the Meridian Park include digestive health,
diabetes care and prevention, interventional
radiology, sleep services, women’s health,
family birth, emergency care, orthopedics,
pediatrics, diagnostic imaging and more.
Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center
24800 SE Stark Street, Gresham, OR 97030
503-674-1122; www.legacyhealth.org
Located in the eastern suburb of Gresham,
Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center is
a full-service hospital that leverages the
latest medical technology to provide exceptional patent care. The campus’s brand-new
Medical Services Building, which opened
in October 2015, is a three-story facility
with an endoscopy and outpatient surgery
center, specialty services clinic and physician office space. Overall, Legacy Mount
Hood provides full cancer care, a cardiac
characterization suite, a birthing center,
an emergency department and MRI, ultrasound and CT scan imaging capabilities.
The services at the medical center include
cardiac rehabilitation, diabetes and nutrition, day treatment, breast health, endoscopy,
orthopedics, outpatient rehabilitation, pulmonary rehabilitation, stroke care and sleep
services, among various others. There is also a
healing garden and family birth center onsite.
Legacy Salmon Creek Hospital
2211 NE 139th Street, Vancouver, WA 98686
360-487-1000; www.legacyhealth.org
Legacy Salmon Creek, situated near the
confluence of Interstates 5 and 205 in north
Vancouver, provides a broad range of services
in a family-focused environment that places
a premium on patient comfort and peace of
mind. The medical center is particularly known
for its children’s healthcare services, which
include a child abuse assessment team, a children’s emergency room, a newborn nursery,
short stay surgery, neonatal intensive care and
pediatric development and rehabilitation.
Additional services at the Salmon Creek
hospital, opened in 2005, include cancer care,
cardiac rehabilitation, emergency services,
epilepsy care, a foot and ankle clinic, diagnostic imaging, maternal and fetal medicine,
pediatrics and radiation oncology, among
several others. The facility also features
a healing garden, a comprehensive pain
management center and a breast health center.
Oregon Health & Science
University Hospital
3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road
Portland, OR 97239; 503-494-8311
www.ohsu.edu/xd/health
Oregon Health & Science University
(OHSU) is a national leader in terms of
personalized medicine, with a laser-like
focus on positive health outcomes and
preventive care above all else. This has
earned the healthcare institution national
recognition for the level of care it provides
to patients in the Portland area.
Among the specialties at OHSU include
pediatric care, based at the renowned Doernbecher Children’s Hospital. The hospital
focuses on bone and joint care, cardiology,
cancer and blood diseases, surgery and
neurology—services that can be difficult to
find elsewhere when it comes to pediatrics.
The hospital serves a large number of low-in-come children and families in the Pacific
Northwest, often free of charge.
OHSU also offers a wide range of other
medical services, including cancer, cardiovascular and brain care. Additionally, it is a
widely respected research institution, with
the innovations developed at its southwest
Portland facility influencing healthcare practitioners across the globe.
PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center
400 NE Mother Joseph Place
Vancouver, WA 98664
360-514-2000; www.peacehealth.org
PeaceHealth is a faith-based nonprofit
healthcare organization that delivers
specialty care to more than a quarter-mil-lion patients each year at its location in
Vancouver. In fact, it’s one of the top
employers in southwest Washington, with
