Health Compass Newsletter

When you need surgery, you want highly qualified experts performing your procedure. That's just what you'll find at the CMH-OHSU Health Medical Group Clinics.

Our teams of board-eligible and board-certified surgeons are experienced in a variety of procedures, including total joint replacement, gallbladder surgery, foot and ankle surgery, and gynecologic surgeries. Our urology program offers the leading-edge UroLift^® treatment for an enlarged prostate. In addition, we're the only facility in the area that offers breast care procedures beyond screening mammograms.

Person-centered surgeries

Consistent with our organizational Planetree philosophy, our surgeons and nurses take the time to get to know you before your procedure. Your health care provider will discuss the procedure with you, answer your questions and give you pre-op instructions. After you schedule surgery, a nurse will work with you to complete any lab work or x-rays needed beforehand.

After surgery, our nurses will give you instructions for recovery and our fact sheet about preventing surgical site infections. Your health care provider will help you manage prescriptions, get test results and more.

Some of our surgical services

General and vascular. Our surgeons provide a variety of inpatient and outpatient procedures, including:

• Breast surgery and biopsy
• Colon and intestinal surgery
• Colonoscopy and endoscopy
• Gallbladder surgery
• Hemorrhoid treatment
• Hernia repair
• Varicose vein treatment
• Wound care and ostomy care

Obstetrics and gynecology. Our OB‑GYNs provide:

• Cesarean section deliveries
• Dilation and curettage (D&C)
• Fibroid, polyp and ovarian cyst removal
• Hysterectomy
• Hysteroscopy
• LEEP to remove precancers
• Salpingectomy or tubal ligation for sterilization

They also perform minimally invasive procedures and provide gender-affirming care.

Orthopedics. Our surgeons perform arthroscopic joint surgery, rotator cuff repairs, meniscus repairs, ACL reconstructions and carpal tunnel surgery using very small incisions.

They also provide total hip, knee and shoulder joint replacements, using the latest techniques — including robotic-assisted surgery with Mako SmartRobotics™ — and long-lasting implants.

Foot and ankle. CMH-OHSU Health foot and ankle surgeons perform procedures such as:

• Ankle fusion
• Arthroscopy
• Bunion, hammertoe and reconstructive surgeries
• Flat foot reconstruction
• Foot and ankle trauma repair

When a joint is damaged by arthritis or other conditions, our surgeons can perform total ankle joint replacement.

Urology. Our urologists perform bladder and prostate cancer surgeries and UroLift^® for enlarged prostate.

Cardiology. CMH-OHSU Health cardiologists place pacemakers or implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) for patients who need them. All of our cardiologists perform cardioversions and transesophageal echocardiograms.

Interventional radiology. Our board-certified radiologists, along with specialty-trained nurses and imaging technologists, perform image-guided, minimally invasive procedures. Implanting vascular accesses, placing and removing vena cava filters, using a variety of drains in different places within the body, and performing procedures that relieve cancer symptoms are a few examples.

Coming soon in 2025:

• Ear, nose and throat surgeries
• Limited pediatric surgeries

More patients using our surgical services

The chart below shows how the number of patients using CMH surgical services, both inpatient and outpatient, has grown in recent years.

Categories: Surgical services