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Lowell Euhus, M.D., was a family medicine physician who served in Enterprise, Oregon, a community in Wallowa County, for over three decades. A 1968 alumnus of the University of Oregon Medical School (now Oregon Health & Science University), Euhus witnessed and influenced significant shifts in medical practice and healthcare delivery throughout his career. He was instrumental in tackling rural healthcare challenges in Oregon by supporting Area Health Education Centers, which significantly advanced rural healthcare in Oregon. His exceptional contributions earned him the Oregon Family Physician of the Year in 1994. In this interview, Euhus reflects on changes in technology, the role of women in medicine, malpractice issues, and the challenges of staffing rural hospitals. He also shared personal stories about his patients.

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Title Interview with Lowell Euhus, M.D.
Date 2006 June 12
Creator Oregon Medical Association
Contributor Euhus, Lowell, Interviewee
Merrill, Ted (Marion Theodore), Interviewer
Subject (Name) Reinschmidt, Julian S., 1925-1998
Subject (Topic) Area Health Education Centers
Malpractice
Rural Health Services
Hospitals, Rural
Air Ambulances
Women in medicine
Subject (Place) Oregon--Enterprise
Oregon--Wallowa County
Type Interview
DOI https://doi.org/10.6083/bpxhc43543
Source Collection name: History of Medicine in Oregon oral history project
Collection number: 2004-005
Record Appears in Historical Collections & Archives > Manuscript & Special Collections > History of Medicine in Oregon oral history project
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Publisher Oregon Medical Association
Place of Creation Baker City, Oregon
Language English
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