Legacy Emanuel Hosp & Hlth Ctr

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Name :

Legacy Emanuel Hosp & Hlth Ctr

Address  :

2801 North Gantenbein Avenue

Town  :

Portland

State  :

Oregon

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

97227

Phone  :

503 413 2200

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Legacy Emanuel is a medical pacesetter nationally known for our expertise with critical health conditions

Founded in 1912 were proud of our many quotfirstsquot for the Pacific Northwest and committed to our role as a leader in the metropolitan community

Legacy Emanuel marked a milestone when Dr Eric Dierks performed several oral surgeries with the help of the hospitals new da Vinci Surgical System

With those surgeries Emanuel became one of the first hospitals on the West Coast where TORS or transoral robotic surgery was performed for the treatment of cancer

The FDA only recently approved the use of robotic surgical systems in surgeries of the throat In the past robotic systems such as da Vinci have been used more frequently for prostate surgeries
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