Pushing the limits of transplant science
Only about 20% of donated lungs can be used as donor organs. Bryan Whitson, MD, PhD, and Sylvester Black, MD, PhD, are pioneering technology to make more donor lungs suitable for transplant.
Innovations by clinicians and researchers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, the Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC – James) and the Ohio State College of Medicine are changing lives and transforming the world through our tripartite mission.
Ohio State is leading the way in preventing disease, improving patient outcomes and educating the next generation of health care professionals. Our donors make this happen.
Read below to see what you made possible.
Research, fueling change
The support of our community facilitates breakthrough research, allowing the Ohio State Wexner Medical Center and the Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute to offer patients bench-to-bedside therapies and treatments tailored to their needs. Our investigators are recognized worldwide for their expertise and knowledge.
Immunotherapy’s potential
Ohio State is testing a new treatment protocol that boosts the body’s immune system during chemotherapy. So far, this approach is twice as effective at fighting lung cancer than chemotherapy alone, and the results last longer.
Solving one of the biggest complications in strokes
Most of the 795,000 Americans who suffer strokes each year have very limited treatment options. Learn how Shahid Nimjee, MD, PhD is developing a drug that will give these patients hope.
Education, knowledge is power
Ohio State, as a land-grant university, has a duty to not only provide a world-class education to our learners in seven health science colleges, but to also use our influence as a large state university to improve our community’s wellness. Whether we are training future physicians, bringing health care to underserved areas, or helping seasoned doctors accomplish complex surgeries, we believe in the value of lifelong learning.
First, they printed a jawbone
Kyle VanKoevering, MD, facilitates complicated surgeries through 3-D printing, creating customized, precise models for physicians to use when planning operations.
225,000 square feet of interdisciplinary education
A renovation and expansion of The Ohio State University College of Medicine offers students new and leading-edge spaces for medical education and collaboration.
Fighting cancer on 4 wheels
The James Mobile Education Kitchen is not a typical food truck. It is staffed by culinary experts who share healthy samples and easy recipes designed to lower one’s risk of cancer.
Patient care, the core of our mission
Central to all we do are the patients we serve at the Wexner Medical Center and the James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute. Providing expert and compassionate care to our growing community and people throughout Ohio is our calling.
Finding hope 1,000 miles from home
Ron Rosas traveled to Ohio State from Texas, facing full quadruple amputations that would render him unable to walk or play tennis again. But Jason Souza, MD, had other plans for Ron, who walked out of the Wexner Medical Center five weeks later.
Ohio State's towering commitment to world-class care
Opening in 2026, the new Wexner Medical Center Hospital Tower will feature 820 comfortable and naturally-lit patient rooms, a state-of-the-art center for women and infants and a calming conservatory.
Supporting more than 3,000 mothers and babies
Moms2B is an innovative, community-based pregnancy program helping low-income women deliver healthy, full-term infants.