Salem Health clinic in south Salem closes, relocating providers and patients

Salem Health’s Boulder Creek Medical Clinic is closing its doors after Nov. 14 following the building’s sale to new owners, relocating thousands of patients and five providers.

The Boulder Creek clinic, located at 2485 12th St. S.E. near Gilmore Field City Park, offered primary care services for nearly 4,000 patients, and previously housed a specialty pain clinic. Salem Health has operated the location since December 2019, leasing it from former owners, Boulder Creek, LLC.

Its five providers are relocating to nearby Salem Health clinics. Doctor Jerrod Mitzel is moving to the Skyline Village clinic in south Salem and doctor Blake McConnell is moving to the Dallas clinic. Nurses and physician assistants are relocating to the Keizer and Skyline Village clinics. 

Primary care patients were notified of the closure during the week of Monday, Sept. 29, spokeswoman Lisa Wood said in an email. They will have the option to follow their providers or seek care at another Salem Health clinic. 

Salem Health has eight primary care clinics in Marion and Polk counties, and 17 specialty clinics.

The closure comes after Salem Health’s pain clinic in the same location closed Sept. 30. Its patients will be able to receive care from their primary care provider moving forward, Wood said. 

That transition was prompted by a 2023 change in federal law lifting restrictions on primary care providers’ ability to prescribe opioids. It also followed the pain management physician’s departure from Salem Health, Wood said.

The building sold May 30 to Capital Neurosurgery Specialists, a Salem clinic offering neurosurgical services. They will use the space for their new clinic starting Feb. 2, 2026, according to an email from office administrator Heather Born.

They bought the site for $7 million, Marion County Assessor’s records show. 

Capital Neurosurgery plans to expand their services in the new space, which has more exam rooms and will allow them to take on more patients in the future, Born said. According to their website, they are staffed by five doctors and three physician assistants.

“The location offers an ideal opportunity to meet our growing patient demand, improve convenience for our existing patients and support our long-term goal of strengthening neurosurgical care within our community,” Born said.

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