As a leader in our community, Houston’s finds it important to give back in meaningful ways. That’s why we are ever-vigilant for the next opportunity to provide a positive impact in whatever way we can for the people and organizations that are making a difference.

On September 7th, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) held its 13th Annual Golf Tournament in Vancouver, Washington. Each year, the event gathers guests to compete at its charity event in an effort to collect donations and support the university’s many teaching and research initiatives, including the VirtuOHSU program.

VirtuOHSU is a 7,500 sq. ft. simulation and surgical training center that has provided outstanding education in surgical skills since the program was established nearly 20 years ago. But even more than that, it is an institution that facilitates research, faculty development, and community outreach amongst many other services. It is an indispensable resource for forwarding OHSU’s core mission, as well as medicine’s ever-reaching grasp.

As we have in years past, Houston’s took the opportunity to acknowledge the importance of events such as this both for our community and for widening the scope of discovery. For this reason, we took the opportunity to donate several cases of Old Fashioned glasses to the event to mark the occasion for the tournament’s players.

Liane Giles Leblanc, Project Coordinator for OHSU’s Department of Surgery, expressed the significance of the donation and her gratitude on behalf of the organization. “I can’t tell you how much we appreciate Houston’s generous donation of the rocks glasses for this year’s tournament. We had each of the glasses etched with the signature OHSU flame. During registration, each player received a set of two glasses for participating. Cheers to you all for helping make our event extra special!”

Cheers to you, OHSU, and to everyone else who participated in supporting this spectacular event!

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Houston’s is proud to contribute to the VirtuOHSU charity golf tournament again in 2017.

OHSU’s Department of Surgery in the School of Medicine held it’s 12th annual VirtuOHSU Simulation and Surgical Training Center charity golf tournament and silent auction on September 8th at Royal Oaks Country Club in Vancouver, Washington.

The tournament has raised nearly two million dollars over the past eleven years. Houston’s was proud to work with Kelly-Mincks, a representative of Libbey Foodservice, for the second year in a row to support this worthy cause. Houston’s donated glassware that was decorated with the OHSU logo and handed out to tournament players in appreciation of their contributions.

The funds raised from tournament and silent auction will aid OHSU in promoting patient safety and enhancing the educational experience for residents and medical students alike through the use of simulated teaching environments. According to OHSU, “the supervised simulation and surgical skills education is done in a way to replicate procedures being done on an actual patient through the use of virtual reality simulators and other educational aids.”

Houston’s is happy to continue supporting local higher education programs like OHSU’s Department of Surgery.

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