Klamath Falls celebrates new Sky Lakes Collaborative Health Center’s opening

Primary care, health care education to be focus of 100,000 square-foot facility

By Franny White December 12, 2019 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

The nearly 100,000 square-foot, $50-million Sky Lakes Collaborative Health Center in Klamath Falls is a collaboration between OHSU and Sky Lakes Medical Center. The building will serve as a central home for Sky Lakes primary care providers, OHSU Campus for Rural Health, and the OHSU Cascades East Family Medicine Residency Program. (Sky Lakes Medical Center)

Sky Lakes Collaborative Health Center

Construction continues on the Sky Lakes Collaborative Health Center in Klamath Falls, June 3, 2019. The building is scheduled to open in December 2019 and will serve as a central home for Sky Lakes primary care providers, OHSU Campus for Rural Health, and the OHSU Cascades East Family Medicine Residency Program. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

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

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)

Danny Jacobs, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.S.

Danny Jacobs, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.S. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Sky Lakes Collaborative Health Center