Mario and Edie Campagna are a precious commodity in our
state. Committed Oregonians, they have worked hard their entire lives to build
a wonderful state and then continued watching out for Oregon through wise and
active philanthropy.
Mario Campagna was educated at the (then) University of
Oregon Medical School here on Marquam Hill. Successful in school, he was called
to the Mayo Clinic to train in neurological surgery, a new but cutting edge
specialty requiring the greatest dedication and skill. Mario and Edie were so
attached to their home state, though, that they returned to Oregon. After
initiating his career here in Portland, Mario and Edie made a dramatic choice
that would transform neurological care in Southern Oregon and help build the
Medford community. Mario opened the first major neurosurgical practice between
Portland and San Francisco.
For decades, Mario and Edie were respected leaders of the
Medford community and medical world. Mario built a neurosurgical and
neurological practice that was the mainstay of a huge region of Southern Oregon
and Northern California. One of his four children also attended OHSU, and went
on to train in Pediatrics at Doernbecher Children’s Hospital and to serve
Oregon as a pediatrician. Mario and Edie became philanthropic leaders in
Southern Oregon.
Imagine the pride I have had, then, since 2005, serving as
the Mario and Edie Campagna Professor of Pediatric Neurosurgery, the only
endowed position for a pediatric neurosurgeon in the state. During this time,
Mario and Edie’s personal mentorship, advice, and guidance have been a
wonderful part of my career and the growth of our program. Thus, June 29th, 2012 is a special
day that will always have special meaning for neurosurgery at Doernbecher. I
flew with Dr. Stacy Nicholson, Credit Unions for Kids Professor and Physician
in Chief of Doernbecher to Medford to celebrate the launch of the Campagna Chair
of Pediatric Neurosurgery with Mario, Edie and other friends and family. Mario
and Edie’s generosity means that pediatric neurosurgery will now receive
tremendous additional support and will be able to attract a national program
leader, in perpetuity. The Campagna Chair is the first endowed chair in
neurological surgery in the state (and the 2nd endowed position
overall).
The Chair celebration was, most of all, a wonderful
opportunity to visit with two individuals who are not just wise philanthropists
that have devoted their careers and lives to Oregon and raised their families
here. It was also a chance to spend time with now dear friends, who have a deep
and tremendous sense of the value of Oregon and of Oregonians, and a clear
vision of why we should all work to better their interests now and in the
future.
Nathan R. Selden
Mario and Edie Campagna Chair of Pediatric Neurosurgery
Oregon Health & Science University
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