Tampa VA

Face of InnoVAtion is a regular series focusing on VA employees working to change and save Veteran lives. This month, meet David Dunning.

Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association and VA partner to honor unclaimed deceased Veterans to their final resting place in Florida National Cemetery.

It’s called Harmonicas for Health and it’s helping Veterans breathe easier. The type of breathing used to play the harmonica is similar to the breathing exercises used in therapy for COPD.

Hercules, the resident therapy dog at the James A. Haley VA in Tampa, makes a huge impact on his handler, Marine Veteran Robert Lynch, all the Veterans he meets and VA staff, enhancing the experience for everyone. Hercules will turn 3 this month and there will be a celebration.

The new Zephyrhills, Florida CBOC will be located less than a mile from the existing one, and will provide Primary Care, expanded Mental Health services, Podiatry, Physical Therapy, Women’s Health, Telehealth, and a anticoagulation pharmacy, with many additional exam rooms in the 14,000 square foot facility.

Here’s a special VA program that offers Veterans with chronic pain an alternative to the use of drugs such as opioids. It’s virtual reality with a headset or scenic settings on a large screen.

While treatment for headaches is available at all VA medical centers, seven hospitals are specifically working to help polytrauma and TBI Veterans.

While the victims weren’t real, the training received during Exercise Patriot South 2018 was as real as it gets.

Creative Forces is bringing the restorative power of art to active duty patients and Veterans diagnosed with traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorders, as well as their families and caregivers.

If you’re looking for the definition of dedication, James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital pharmacy technician Tim Myers might be a pretty good example of one.

VA staff from the James A. Haley Veterans Hospital in Tampa, Florida, are in the community reaching out to Veterans following Hurricane Irma