| 1995 |
Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Center opens at Bay Area Hospital |
| 2010 |
Health District Board gives approval to develop a comprehensive cardiology program |
| May 3, 2013 |
First procedure is performed in the cardiac catheterization laboratory |
| Fall 2014 |
Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Center commemorates its one-thousandth coronary case |
| 2015 |
Rick Latham, MD, joins the team |
| 2015 |
Cardiology Center is formally dedicated and named in memory of Coos Bay’s most famous athlete, Steve Prefontaine |
| 2015 |
Initial Chest Pain Accreditation designation from the American College of Cardiology |
| 2015–2017 |
Bay Area Hospital builds and relocates the Prefontaine Cardiovascular Center |
| 2017 |
The center expands its team to three interventional cardiologists with the addition of John Frank, MD, and Wojciech Nowak, DO, supported by Beth Michaelson, DNP |
| 2017 |
Students begin training and transform program to a teaching program |
| 2017 |
Introduction of EKOS, pLVAD, and advanced PAD treatment |
| 2017 |
Bay Area Hospital forms a partnership with Oregon Health & Science University |
| 2018 |
Sanjay Verma, MD, joins the team, replacing Rick Latham, MD |
| 2018 |
Thomas Dewland, MD, and Karen Byers, PA, bring electrophysiology to the Prefontaine Cardiovascular Center |
| 2018 |
Shock - STEMI program introduced |
| 2019 |
Collaborative focus on multiple cardiac conditions with EMS to provide improved patient outcomes |