New center to advance collaborative, community-focused health care in Klamath Falls

$50-million project includes 100,000 square-foot building to house providers, medical clinics, training facilities

By Franny White May 30, 2018 Klamath Falls, Oregon

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East view of the Sky Lakes Collaborative Health Center, which will serve south-central Oregon and is a collaboration between area health care professionals and OHSU students and resident-physicians. The $50 million project is expected to be completed in late 2019 and open for business in 2020. (Rendering courtesy of Sky Lakes Medical Center)

Sky Lakes interior

Entrance of the Sky Lakes Collaborative Health Center, which will serve south-central Oregon and is a collaboration between area health care professionals and OHSU students and resident-physicians. The $50 million project is expected to be completed in late 2019 and open for business in 2020. (Rendering courtesy of Sky Lakes Medical Center)

Sky Lakes west view

West view of the Sky Lakes Collaborative Health Center, which will serve south-central Oregon and is a collaboration between area health care professionals and OHSU students and resident-physicians. The $50 million project is expected to be completed in late 2019 and open for business in 2020. (Rendering courtesy of Sky Lakes Medical Center)

Sky Lakes Collaborative Health Center

A ceremonial groundbreaking was held for the new Sky Lakes Collaborative Health Center in Klamath Falls, Ore., May 30, 2018. The facility will serve south-central Oregon and is a collaboration between area health care professionals and OHSU students and resident-physicians. The $50 million project is expected to be completed in late 2019 and open for business in 2020. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Sky Lakes Collaborative Health Center

Dr. Joyce Hollander-Rodriguez, regional associate dean for Campus for Rural Health, speaks at the ceremonial groundbreaking for the new Sky Lakes Collaborative Health Center in Klamath Falls, Ore., May 30, 2018. The facility will serve south-central Oregon and is a collaboration between area health care professionals and OHSU students and resident-physicians. The $50 million project is expected to be completed in late 2019 and open for business in 2020. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Sky Lakes Collaborative Health Center

Construction has already begun for the new Sky Lakes Collaborative Health Center in Klamath Falls, Ore., May 30, 2018. The facility will serve south-central Oregon and is a collaboration between area health care professionals and OHSU students and resident-physicians. The $50 million project is expected to be completed in late 2019 and open for business in 2020. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Sky Lakes Collaborative Health Center

Dr. Joyce Hollander-Rodriguez, regional associate dean for Campus for Rural Health, (left) and Dr. Elena Andresen, OHSU executive vice president and provost, sign a steel beam at the ceremonial groundbreaking for the new Sky Lakes Collaborative Health Center in Klamath Falls, Ore., May 30, 2018. The facility will serve south-central Oregon and is a collaboration between area health care professionals and OHSU students and resident-physicians. The $50 million project is expected to be completed in late 2019 and open for business in 2020. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Sky Lakes Collaborative Health Center

Attendees sign a steel beam at the ceremonial groundbreaking for the new Sky Lakes Collaborative Health Center in Klamath Falls, Ore., May 30, 2018. The facility will serve south-central Oregon and is a collaboration between area health care professionals and OHSU students and resident-physicians. The $50 million project is expected to be completed in late 2019 and open for business in 2020. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Sky Lakes Collaborative Health Center

Tamara Rose, Ph.D., R.N.- B.C., assistant professor at the School of Nursing at the Klamath Falls campus, signs a steel beam at the ceremonial groundbreaking for the new Sky Lakes Collaborative Health Center in Klamath Falls, Ore., May 30, 2018. The facility will serve south-central Oregon and is a collaboration between area health care professionals and OHSU students and resident-physicians. The $50 million project is expected to be completed in late 2019 and open for business in 2020. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Sky Lakes Collaborative Health Center

Everett Phair, 5, of Klamath Falls adds his name to a steel beam at the ceremonial groundbreaking for the new Sky Lakes Collaborative Health Center in Klamath Falls, Ore., May 30, 2018. The facility will serve south-central Oregon and is a collaboration between area health care professionals and OHSU students and resident-physicians. The $50 million project is expected to be completed in late 2019 and open for business in 2020. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Sky Lakes Collaborative Health Center

President and CEO of Sky Lakes Medical Center Paul Stewart speaks at the ceremonial groundbreaking for the new Sky Lakes Collaborative Health Center in Klamath Falls, Ore., May 30, 2018. The facility will serve south-central Oregon and is a collaboration between area health care professionals and OHSU students and resident-physicians. The $50 million project is expected to be completed in late 2019 and open for business in 2020. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)