PLEASE NOTE:  All clinics, including urgent care, will be closed at 12 p.m. on December 24 and all day on December 25. We wish you and your loved ones a happy and healthy holiday season.

NOTE:  As of mid-December, our Downtown location at 800 SW 13th Avenue has begun closing to patient care and all clinical operations are being relocated to our five neighborhood locations in the Portland Metro area. Read more here >>

Chris Hyun: Listening leads to understanding

Open-ended questions spur real relationships

Lover of nature. Physician. Expert listener. Chris Hyun, MD, Gastroenterologist at The Portland Clinic, believes that the first step to building a relationship with his patients is to really listen. “I give them time to talk,” he says, which is the key to understanding their needs. “Patients will tell you what’s wrong, but you have to listen.”