After suffering debilitating pain from knees that she said had “fallen apart,” Patricia Fordney is back globetrotting, bike riding, and cliff climbing. She believes being a floor nurse for 35 years – in addition to “dragging her two daughters up the mountains in Alaska,” where she spent a good part of her life – might have been the cause.
Clinic orthopedic surgeons reignite get up and go for those hurting
In 2006, at age 47, Joan Horton feared she would have to give up her passion – which also happened to be her livelihood.
Technologist Thurman earns national CT certification
CORVALLIS — Kathryn Thurman, a radiologic technologist in The Corvallis Clinic Imaging Services, has earned the Computed Tomography (CT) certification granted by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT). Thurman, who has been with The Clinic since 2008, recently passed the CT exam administered by ARRT. Thurman had to meet education and ethics requirements before […]
Rotator cuff repair meant return to active lifestyle
“I am back to doing whatever I want.” But two years ago, due to a torn rotator cuff, Gloria Lighthart could hardly do anything. “I was wearing my arm in a sling part of the time because it was so painful,” the 77-year-old said of the condition that affects the muscle group around the shoulder […]
Thanks to all who participated in our first video
While the film awards season was in full swing in February, Clinical Research Center doctors, nurses and patients were busy taking their star turns in the first in a series of videos created to showcase our work. Several Corvallis Clinic physicians who conduct research studies were interviewed by the professional videographer prior to developing the […]
