Samaritan Athletic Medicine

05/22/2025

Do you have a child that needs a physical to participate in an OSAA sport next year? Join us Wednesday, June 4th from 4:30-6:30pm at Crescent Valley High School!

Other sports physical events will occur in Albany later this spring and summer.

09/20/2024

Samaritan Athletic Medicine and IHN-CCO came out to support the Portland Trail Blazers at their Rip City Rally Thursday afternoon in Corvallis. Former Beaver star Lamar Hurd, a current broadcaster for the Blazer, joined analyst and former NBA player Michael Holton with visits to the Samaritan booths. The rally featured the 1977 World Championship trophy, games, prizes and photos with team mascots. The shooting contest even brought out Samaritan's Adam Brady, MD, to show his three-point form.

08/05/2024

Samaritans from all over the system gathered for a night of baseball and fireworks at the Corvallis Knights baseball game on Saturday. Samaritan's Chris Blakely, vice president of clinic operations, had the honor of throwing out the first pitch as 450 Samaritan employees and family members enjoyed a warm summer night at Goss Stadium.

07/30/2024

Reminder that Samaritan Health Services and West Albany High School are hosting a Free Sports Physical Event on Thursday, August 6th!
Returning West Albany Athletes 3:30-6:30pm
New West Albany Athletes 4:15-6:30pm
All Other Athletes: 5:00 to 6:30pm
See the flyer below for more information!

07/02/2024

Samaritan Health Services and West Albany High School are hosting a Free Sports Physical Event on Thursday, August 6th!
Returning West Albany Athletes 3:30-6:30pm
New West Albany Athletes 4:15-6:30pm
All Other Athletes: 5:00 to 6:30pm
See the flyer for more information!

06/06/2024

Last week we had a great turnout for our Samaritan Regional Scholarly Symposium, which showcased poster presentations of 30 quality improvement and empirical research projects that were recently completed by Samaritan Health Services residents, as well as College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific – Northwest and Oregon State University Students.

05/30/2024

Only one week until our Sports Physical Event next Thursday, June 6th!

Samaritan Health Services and South Albany High School are hosting a Free Sports Physical Event on Wednesday, May 29th.
Returning South Albany Athletes 3:30-6:30pm
New South Albany Athletes 4:15-6:30pm
All Other Athletes: 5:00 to 6:30pm
See the flyer for more information!

05/24/2024

May is Stroke Awareness Month, The Stroke Coordinators from Samaritan Health Services wanted to make sure the community knows how to rapidly recognize strokes. To help easily recall the symptoms of a stroke they use the acronym B.E.F.A.S.T. B stands for Balance/Dizziness, difficulty walking, listing to one side. E Stands for eyes, blurred vision, double vision or loss of vision. F is for facial droop, or numbness on one side of the face. A is for arm, is one arm weaker than the other? If one arm is weaker than the other, check the strength in your leg as there may be some weakness as well on the same side as your arm. S is for Speech, this could be slurred speech, mumbling/garbled speech, inappropriate words, or the inability to speak at all. T is for Time. Call 911 and make sure to take note of when the symptoms started. Time is Brain, for every hour you are having a stroke you lose 3.6 years of brain function. There are a few emergent treatments available, head to the nearest hospital immediately.

05/14/2024

Samaritan Health Services and South Albany High School are hosting a Free Sports Physical Event on Wednesday, May 29th.
Returning South Albany Athletes 3:30-6:30pm
New South Albany Athletes 4:15-6:30pm
All Other Athletes: 5:00 to 6:30pm
See the flyer for more information!

05/14/2024

Samaritan Health Services and Crescent Valley High School are hosting a Free Sports Physical Event on Wednesday, May 29th.
Returning Crescent Valley Athletes 3:30-6:30pm
New Crescent Valley Athletes 4:15-6:30pm
All Other Athletes: 5:00 to 6:30pm
See the flyer for more information!

05/10/2024

And this year's Physical Rehab Awards go to ... 🥁

🌟New Horizon Award: Shanon Williams, PT, Samaritan Athletic Medicine
🌟Provider & Support Staff Award: Jennifer Thurman, front office staff, Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center
🌟Outstanding Service Award: Patsy Yelsa, PT, Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital

Shanon, Jennifer and Patsy received recognition for their continued dedication, performance and leadership at Samaritan Health Services. We are so lucky to have them!

01/16/2024

Update: Samaritan Athletic Medicine will re-open tomorrow at 9am.

Those with appointments before 9am will be contacted to reschedule.