The first three participants in Central Oregon’s only graduate medical education program, the Three Sisters Rural Track Program, began training in family medicine in June 2024. They will have hands-on learning at OHSU in Portland for the program’s first year, and will complete their final two years of training at St. Charles Madras. The residents are: Ben Khalil, M.D., left, Christopher Sutton, D.O., center, and Callie Krewson, D.O., right. (OHSU)

The first three participants in Central Oregon’s only graduate medical education program, the Three Sisters Rural Track Program, began training in family medicine in June 2024. They will have hands-on learning at OHSU in Portland for the program’s first year, and will complete their final two years of training at St. Charles Madras. (OHSU)

OHSU thoracic radiologist Chara Rydzak, M.D., Ph.D., helps people get screened for lung cancer using a low-dose CT scanner. She is one of the medical co-directors of OHSU’s new lung cancer screening program. (OHSU/Chris Lydgate)

OHSU thoracic radiologist Chara Rydzak, M.D., Ph.D., helps people get screened for lung cancer using a low-dose CT scanner. She is one of the medical co-directors of OHSU’s new lung cancer screening program. (OHSU/Chris Lydgate)

OHSU thoracic radiologist Chara Rydzak, M.D., Ph.D., helps people get screened for lung cancer using a low-dose CT scanner. She is one of the medical co-directors of OHSU’s new lung cancer screening program. (OHSU/Chris Lydgate)

Family doctors like Katie Putnam, M.D., M.P.H., play a critical role in helping patients who smoke understand the benefits and risks of getting screened for lung cancer. Putnam is one of the medical co-directors of OHSU’s new lung cancer screening program. (OHSU/Chris Lydgate)

Family doctors like Katie Putnam, M.D., M.P.H., play a critical role in helping patients who smoke understand the benefits and risks of getting screened for lung cancer. Putnam is one of the medical co-directors of OHSU’s new lung cancer screening program. (OHSU/Chris Lydgate)