New partnership seeks to transform health care, graduate medical education in rural California, Oregon

American Medical Association grant will connect resident physicians to communities in need of more providers

By Franny White June 05, 2019 Portland, Oregon and Sacramento, California

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OHSU-Cascades East Family Medicine Center

Dan Mosher, D.O., examines one-month-old Hunter Schilling of Sprague River at the OHSU-Cascades East Family Medicine Center, June 3, 2019 in Klamath Falls. Mosher is a resident at Cascades East, a collaboration between OHSU and Sky Lakes Medical Center, operating since 1994, with an aim to improve health access in rural Oregon. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

OHSU-Cascades East Family Medicine Center

Shian Varnadore (left) and her son Hunter Schilling of Sprague Lake meet with Dan Mosher, D.O., at the OHSU-Cascades East Family Medicine Center, June 3, 2019 in Klamath Falls. Mosher is a resident at Cascades East, a collaboration between OHSU and Sky Lakes Medical Center, operating since 1994, with an aim to improve health access in rural Oregon. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

OHSU-Cascades East Family Medicine Center

Hunter Schilling of Sprague River, one-month-old, is examined at the OHSU-Cascades East Family Medicine Center, June 3, 2019 in Klamath Falls. Cascades East is a collaboration between OHSU and Sky Lakes Medical Center, operating since 1994, with an aim to improve health access in rural Oregon. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

OHSU-Cascades East Family Medicine Center

Lindsey Hutchinson of Klamath Falls (left) talks with Dr. Katie Ruth as she looks at his knee during an office visit at the OHSU-Cascades East Family Medicine Center, June 3, 2019 in Klamath Falls. Ruth is a resident at Cascades East, a collaboration between OHSU and Sky Lakes Medical Center operating since 1994, with an aim to improve health access in rural Oregon. Ruth loved practicing in a rural area and will continue to serve the community after she graduates this summer. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

OHSU-Cascades East Family Medicine Center

Dr. Katie Ruth looks over Lindsey Hutchinson of Klamath Falls during an office visit at the OHSU-Cascades East Family Medicine Center, June 3, 2019 in Klamath Falls. Ruth is a resident at Cascades East, a collaboration between OHSU and Sky Lakes Medical Center operating since 1994, with an aim to improve health access in rural Oregon. Ruth loved practicing in a rural area and will continue to serve the community after she graduates this summer. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)