Harold D. Paxton

It was my honor to meet Dr. Paxton when I was 16 years old. It was 1976, and I was admitted to OHSU and diagnosed with a brain tumor. It was benign. Immediately after my surgery, I had a severe stroke. While it paralyzed my left side all these years, I worked through it to lead a productive and happy life. I lost my beloved husband of 25 years this last March, 2023. I am so sorry for your loss and this late condolence to your family. Dr. Paxton gave me a lifetime of memories, a love I...

Dr. Paxton installed a VP shunt into my head when I was just six months old. This was in July of 1976. I had developed hydrocephalus which turned into epilepsy. I owe Dr. Paxton for saving my life. He was such a sweet man. He was caring, knowledgeable, understanding, explained everything he did or was doing, my parents and I never felt out of the loop when it came to my treatment. He was a wonderful doctor. I’m sorry I’m late in giving my condolences to his family. Thank you for sharing him...

I just recently learned of Dr. Paxton’s passing. He was my doctor when I was a child. He installed my VP shunt when I was 6 months old in July of 1976. I had developed hydrocephalus and the shunt was installed to drain the fluid from my brain to my abdomen. I’ve had it revised several times throughout my life. The latest within the last few weeks. I owe my life to Dr. Paxton. You will never be forgotten by me. Thank you for everything you did for me. Thank you to the Paxton family for sharing...

I had the great pleasure of being a medical student trained by Dr. Paxton and later working with him as a colleague (I was a surgical pathologist at OHSU). He was always a gentleman as well as a superb surgeon. He had a wonderful sense of humor. He trained so many medical students and residents and took good card of his patients. He will be missed.

Doc P was a great man! Condolences to the Paxton clan.

Our love and sympathy during this time of great loss to all of you. Mark Dohrmann and Julie Durkheimer

I was Dr. Paxton's first O>R> scrub nurse when he and Dr. Mason left Dr. Raaf. I worked for him from 1965 to the middle of 1968 when my husband (William R. Roady,M.D.) graduated from UO Medical School. Pax was fun, innovative, and could do anything with any OR tools- would just say "give me anything" or grunt. We prided ourselves on as few words as possible during a surgery. The contrast between his style and Dr. Mason's was night and day. It was a joy and the pride of my working life to have...