Michael Heinrich, M.D., meets with Todd Bramhall during an exam, November 1, 2017. Bramhall is one of 3,000-6,000 people diagnosed annually with a rare stomach cancer called gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST). (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Michael Heinrich, M.D. meets with Victoria Castle of Sacramento, California during an appointment, November 1, 2017 at OHSU. Castle, who was diagnosed with gastrointestinal stromal tumors in 2009, began seeing Heinrich in 2014. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

“Dr. Heinrich never gives up on me,” says Victoria Castle, of her doctor, Michael Heinrich, M.D. Castle, who was diagnosed with gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) in 2009. Castle began seeing Heinrich in 2014. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Joyce Hollander-Rodriguez, M.D. (left) gives Oregon Governor Kate Brown a tour of the Cascades East Family Medical Clinic in Klamath Falls, January 24, 2017. Gov. Brown spent time at the facility as part of an effort to learn about the impact of Medicaid in rural communities. (OHSU/Bob Applegate)

Oregon Governor Kate Brown (center right) has a Q&A session with residents and clinic staff at the Cascades East Family Medical Clinic in Klamath Falls, January 24, 2017 for a wide-ranging Q&A discussion of health education, policy and funding. Gov. Brown spent time at the facility as part of an effort to learn about the impact of Medicaid in rural communities. (OHSU/Bob Applegate)

Oregon Governor Kate Brown (left) talks with staff at the Cascades East Family Medical Clinic in Klamath Falls, January 24, 2017 during a tour with Joyce Hollander-Rodriguez, M.D. (right). Gov. Brown spent time at the facility as part of an effort to learn about the impact of Medicaid in rural communities. (OHSU/Bob Applegate)

A nursing student works with a patient at the OHSU Campus for Rural Health in Klamath Falls. (OHSU)

(Left to right) Bernadine Clay, Vickie Naylor and Donna Maxey walk past Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary School and discuss times they were discriminated against as children, one of the memory prompts in the Sharing History through Active Reminiscence and Photo-Imagery (SHARP) study, September 20, 2017. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

(Left to right) Vickie Naylor, Bernadine Clay, and Donna Maxey look over the walking route as they take part in the Sharing History through Active Reminiscence and Photo-Imagery (SHARP) study, September 20, 2017. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Participants look over the walking route as they take part in the Sharing History through Active Reminiscence and Photo-Imagery (SHARP) study, September 20, 2017. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)