Hospital type:

General medical and surgical

Operated by:

Veterans Affairs

Total beds:

589

Administrator:

Mr. Frederick L Malphurs, Director

Parent system:

Department of Veterans Affairs

Key services:

General medical and surgical care
General intensive care
Cardiac intensive care
Cardiology department
Open-heart surgery
Neurology department
Orthopedics department
Emergency department

Selected accreditations/memberships:

Accredited, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO)
Member, Council of Teaching Hospitals

Admissions:

10,793

Inpatient surgeries:

1,826

Outpatient visits:

1,096,534

Outpatient surgeries:

3,428

Emergency room visits:

0

Births:

0

Number of beds:

589

Registered nurses

Full-time: Not reported

Part-time: 0

Licensed practical nurses

Full-time: Not reported

Part-time: 0

Total facility personnel

Full-time: 3,319

Part-time: 0

Key services

General medical and surgical care
General intensive care
Cardiac intensive care
Cardiology department
Open-heart surgery
Neurology department
Orthopedics department
Emergency department

Specialized services

Inpatient:

Elderly/disabled–Skilled nursing care
Intermediate nursing careEnd-of-life services–Hospice
Pain management
Palliative careInfection isolation room
Oncology services
Psychiatric care–Partial hospitalization
Psychiatric emergency services

Outpatient:

Angioplasty
Cardiac catheterization laboratory
Oncology services
Dental services
Geriatric services
HIV-AIDS services
Home health services
Kidney dialysis
Oncology services
Physical rehabilitation
Psychiatric services–Consultation
Geriatric services
Outpatient careRadiation therapy
Sleep center
Smoking cessation program
Substance-abuse programs
Urgent-care center
Women's health center
Wound management services

Patient/family support services:

Assistance with government services
Chaplaincy/pastoral care services
Oncology services
Patient support groups
Patient representative/ombusdman
Transportation for elderly/handicapped

Community outreach:

Health fairs
Health screenings

Imaging services (diagnostic and therapeutic)

CT scanner
Diagnostic radioisotope facility
Electron beam computed tomography (EBCT)
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
Multislice spiral computer tomography (MSCT)
Positron emission tomography (PET)
Single photon emission computerized tomography (SPECT)
Ultrasound