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The Portland Clinic Centennial Library

Celebrating A Century

More than a job Working an entire career at one place — it happens at The Portland Clinic. Meet four incredible people with more than two centuries at The Portland Clinic between them.

Meet Dr. Sandmeier Helping patients continue doing what they love is at the heart of Dr. Sandmeier’s orthopedics and sports medicine practice.

Beyond the call of duty In 1917, the US entered the first Great War in Europe. Three Portland physicians, who would go on to establish The Portland Clinic, answered their country’s call.

Meet Dr. Alberty Roger Alberty, M.D., left his navy career to pursue medicine without knowing a thing about it. He later became one of Portland’s top surgeons, helping to launch the first outpatient surgical center in Oregon.

Centennial Stories

A ride to remember When a painful knee threatened to keep him from the trip of a lifetime with his daughter, Bob Dernedde turned to The Portland Clinic. Read More

The Great Flood (of 2016) Most Oregonians remember the flood of 1996. Another, lesser-known flood happened 20 years later in our downtown office. Read More

Our forward-thinking founders Meet the four physicians with big dreams of opening the first private, multi-specialty medical clinic in Portland, Oregon. Read More

Grassroots giving: The Portland Clinic Foundation The Portland Clinic Foundation is dedicated to advancing wellness in our community, with contributions and grants increasing every year to help those most in need. Read More

Leaning into the future Get a first look at the future of health care at The Portland Clinic, and the people behind the efforts to continually advance wellness in our community. Read More

Off to a roaring start In 1921, Portland was rapidly changing. Residents swapped horse-and-buggies for cars. The population skyrocketed. Air travel and radio were on the horizon. And we were about to make health care history. Read More

The Pandemic of 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic isn’t the first pandemic The Portland Clinic has weathered. We were also on the front lines of the Spanish flu one hundred years ago. Read More

Call it what you will Finding the right name for our budding clinic proved challenging. But when patients started developing their own shorthand, we listened and leaned in. Read More

A teaching moment After moving forward with a hysterectomy, Kate Kristiansen found a creative opportunity to help others facing the same procedure—by documenting it with her physician and sharing it on social media. Read More

Growing along with Portland When The Portland Clinic was founded in 1921, the physicians behind it couldn’t have predicted how fast their venture would grow in this small town. Sure enough, our growth kept pace with Portland. Read More

It’s a family affair When it’s time for a checkup, 74-year-old Norman Sylvester considers a trip to The Portland Clinic much more than a “doctor appointment.” He says it’s like going to see an old friend. Read More