VA Medical Centers

VA researchers are studying GERD, a digestive disorder that affects the lower esophageal valve that controls the flow between the esophagus and stomach.

Houston VA surgery staff is using robotic technology to improve recovery time for Veterans with limited mobility who are often in a great deal of pain.

The Polytrauma/TBI team at the Dallas VA is an interdisciplinary team with multiple services that helps Veterans recover from migraines and blast exposure.

Southeastern Louisiana VA hosts a weekly Thursday night yoga nidra class at the War Related Illness and Study Center in New Orleans.

Melissa Fadipe, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, a nurse practitioner at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, is the recipient of the 2019 Magnet Nurse of the Year Award for Transformational Leadership.

At the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, a dedicated team of specialists conducts the VA’s first single-center paired kidney exchange

A new VA program is helping to fulfill one doctor’s purpose of delivering compassionate and effective care to Veterans at Central Virginia VA Health Care System. Dr. Jarrod Reisweber and colleagues created Transcending Self Therapy to improve substance abuse treatment for Veterans.

Cardiovascular disease, strokes, and heart attacks are the leading causes of death in America. More than a third, or 37-percent, of Veterans have been diagnosed with hypertension and more than 40-percent have high cholesterol.

VA North Texas Health Care System patient, James South, loves playing golf and eating chicken fried steak. On October 7th, South enjoyed both of these activities as he celebrated his 100th birthday!

The South Texas VA Recreation Center was transformed into an idea factory for the monthly Suicide Prevention Resources Meeting. Attendees took part in an interactive exercise. The participants come from all types of backgrounds and experience levels, but with the common thread of preventing suicide.

The VANIHCS Mobility Clinic evaluates all specialty manual and power wheelchairs, specialty cushions and mattresses, outpatient hospital beds, and home access issues. The clinic employs three occupational therapists, owns three mobility vans, and serves over 1,400 Veterans a year. All Veterans that are eligible for VA services are also eligible for the Mobility and Sensory Aids Clinic services. The clinic travels to all six VANIHCS locations, nursing homes, and Veteran residents in northeast Indiana area.

To better improve care for geriatric Veterans, VA North Texas is launching a new initiative known as The Enhancing Quality of Provider Practices for Older Adults in the Emergency Department or EQUiPPED.