OHSU Emergency Medicine Doctors — Close to Home

Why Choose Adventist Health Portland?

We care about you — the whole you.

Adventist Health Portland is a faith-based, nonprofit health care network. Our mission is simple: to live God’s love by inspiring health, wholeness and hope. That means we focus on providing our community with complete health care beyond taking care of mere symptoms. Our physicians, nurses, surgeons, therapists and other medical professionals are dedicated to your physical, emotional, mental and spiritual healing.

You value the best patient care and experience, and we strive to provide it. We respect the awards and recognition we have received because it represents our daily commitment to that goal. But most of all, we value what whole-person care means to you, your loved ones and our community.

OHSU Emergency Care on Portland's East Side

Every minute of every day, we've got you covered.

As an OHSU Health partner, our ER is staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week, by the area's leading physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners from OHSU and backed by dedicated and caring Adventist Health Portland emergency care nurses, medical technicians and specialty physicians. This team works together to get you the fast, accurate and compassionate care you value most when you're in an emergency.

WHOLE-PERSON CARE

AWARD-WINNING CARE

CARDIAC CARE CENTER

EASTSIDE ACCESS TO OHSU

• Broken bones
• Burns
• Chest pain
• Difficulty breathing
• Head injuries
• High, uncontrolled fever

Joint Commission Top Performer

The Joint Commission is a national hospital accreditation program that measures quality in a number of key areas. It takes scores at or above 95% on all — not just some — key measures to become a Top Performer.

A Top Hospital for Social Responsibility

The Lown Institute, a health care think tank, has named Adventist Health Portland one of the nation’s most socially responsible hospitals. We rank 15th of more than 3,000 hospitals nationwide and second for Oregon, based on 54 metrics that span equity, value and outcomes.

U.S. News & World Report High Performing Clinical Areas

Seven clinical areas at Adventist Health Portland have been named High Performing by U.S. News & World Report. These areas include three cardiac programs by Northwest Regional Heart & Vascular more than 6,000 hospitals evaluated. U.S. News evaluated more than 6,000 hospitals and ranked programs based on many data points, including patient outcomes, length of stay, volume and more.

When to go to the Emergency Room

Go to the emergency room for problems that can’t wait. Some of the common conditions we treat include:

• Loss of consciousness
• Loss of eyesight or blurred vision
• Severe abdominal pain
• Severe bleeding or trauma
• Severe signs of COVID-19
• Signs of stroke

• Broken bones
• Burns
• Chest pain
• Difficulty breathing
• Head injuries
• High, uncontrolled fever
• Loss of consciousness
• Loss of eyesight or blurred vision
• Severe abdominal pain
• Severe bleeding or trauma
• Severe signs of COVID-19
• Signs of stroke