Presenting a Patient

Morphology/Grand Rounds Conference Details

Thank you for your interest in presenting a patient at OHSU Morphology Conference!

  • Please download the Patient Information Packet. This packet contains:
    • Patient Welcome Letter. This letter can be given to your patient and includes information about what to expect at the CODE conference.
    • Form MR1470: “Authorization to use and disclose protected health information.”
      Patients of OHSU providers who are presented virtually will need to complete this form prior to the conference. Please upload the completed form as you register to present your case. For patients attending the conference live/in-person, they will be provided this form at OHSU Department of Dermatology. (*For non-OHSU patients, please follow your institutional guidelines for use of protected health information.)

To prepare your case presentation, please collect the following information for use in completing the case intake form:

  • Patient name, email, phone number, date of birth, pertinent case history. For OHSU patients you will also need their MRN and pathology case number(s) if they have had a biopsy.
  • For virtual patients: Please compile your clinical photographs into a PowerPoint presentation for upload.
  • For patients with pathology that is not at OHSU: Please obtain pathology report(s) and slides for review. You may bring slides and a copy of the pathology report with you to conference or mail them to Attn: Tumor Board, OHSU Dept. of Dermatopathology, 3303 S Bond Ave, CHH1, 5th floor room 5188, Portland, OR 97239. Send at least 1 week in advance.
  • Click HERE to go to the conference schedule and enter your case information.

OHSU Virtual Tumor Board

Thank you for your interest in presenting a patient at OHSU Virtual Tumor Board!

  • Please download the Form MR1470. “Authorization to use and disclose protected health information.”
    • OHSU patients: please complete and sign this form prior to the conference. Upload the completed form as you register to present your case.
    • Non-OHSU patients: please follow your institutional guidelines for use of protected health information.

To prepare your case presentation, please collect the following information for use in completing the case intake form:

  • Patient name, MRN (if OHSU patient), email, phone number, date of birth, tumor type, and pertinent case history. If available, include tumor stage and mutation status.
  • For cases requiring pathology review:
    • OHSU patients: Be sure to include the patient’s MRN, DOB, and pathology case number(s) when you enter the case information.
    • For patients with pathology that is not at OHSU: Please mail pathology report(s) and slides for review to Attn: Tumor Board, OHSU Dept. of Dermatopathology, 3303 S Bond Ave, CHH1, 5th floor room 5188, Portland, OR 97239. Send at least 1 week in advance.
  • For cases requiring radiology review:
    • OHSU patients: Select “imaging review” under the reason for presentation.
    • Non-OHSU patients: Be prepared to bring up the relevant scans using the share your screen function of the video conferencing session. Alternatively, you can assemble relevant images into a PowerPoint presentation for upload.
  • If relevant, compile your clinical photographs into a PowerPoint presentation for upload.
  • Click HERE to go to the conference schedule and enter your case information.