Father and son a dynamic duo at Legacy Good Samaritan

Jun 15, 2018 | Our People

Less than a year after graduating high school, Akash Prasad, 18, started working at Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center in March. Seeing how hard he worked and knowing that he’d been trained by his father in their family cleaning business, boss Tamera Bedgood was excited to bring dad to Legacy as well.

Think You Know? Myths (Excuses) and Facts about Colorectal Cancer Screening

Mar 25, 2018 | Our People

There’s a lot of information out there about colorectal cancer and colonoscopies, that it can be hard to sort fact from fiction. We’re here to help! Tes

Patient travels from out of state and makes a gift to Legacy Good Samaritan because of exceptional providers, care

Mar 21, 2018 | Our Patients

After Margo Aragon Herrington’s late husband was diagnosed with cancer in 2003, they took the advice of his brother and moved part-time from Idaho to Portland so he could be treated by Dr. Anthony Van Ho at Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center.

From dropout to R.N., nurse credits team for support

Mar 08, 2018 | Our People

As a high school dropout at 16, Briar Walsh followed a well-worn path. She went to beauty school and became a hair stylist. But Walsh found that though she loved the people, she didn’t care much about selling them products. 

Wayne Ray returns to Legacy Good Samaritan to kick off 5th annual Walk Around the Clock fundraiser

Feb 02, 2018 | Our Patients

Back in the early 1970s, when Wayne Ray worked for the YMCA, he sat down with a Portland physician to help create a cardiac rehabilitation program that was revolutionary for its day. Instead of advising patients that a sedentary lifestyle was the only safe path to recovery, the two men advocated a different approach altogether: exercise. 

Smallest nursing unit makes major impact on Legacy Health Sock Drive

Dec 15, 2017 | Our Communities

Together, Legacy Health employees have collected almost 100,000 pairs of new socks since 2015

‘Sketching’ helps recovery, launches art career

Dec 15, 2017 | Our Patients

Recovering from a breast cancer diagnosis and surgery in 2006, Dawn Nielson started sketching at her home in Stevenson, Washington. Those early drawings led to her development as an artist whose work is on display on Dawn’s website. 

New socks for the walk to a better life

Dec 14, 2017 | Our Communities

Third annual Legacy Health Sock Drive collects almost 30,000 new pairs of socks for underserved neighbors

Garden honoring world-renowned cartoonist opens, inspires

Oct 27, 2017 | Our Communities

A new garden that honors a fixture of Northwest Portland is opening to the public.

How a breast cancer diagnosis transformed working mom into community advocate

Oct 26, 2017 |

It was like any other Sunday morning for the young Sowa family from Mount Angel, Ore., when mom, Heather, 35, found a lump on her left breast while showering before church.