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VA Medical Centers in West Virginia For veterans, the local VA medical center is normally the
first step in accessing your health care options. If you are having difficulty in making an appointment at the local clinic or hospital, finding transportation to the medical facility, or gaining admission to a VA hospital, my staff
may be able to help. There are four medical centers in West Virginia from which veterans can choose: Beckley; Clarksburg; Huntington; and Martinsburg. BECKLEY VA MEDICAL CENTER
Affiliations: West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine in Lewisburg Authorized Beds: 112 authorized (46 medical, 12 surgical, 12 intermediate and 42 nursing home beds) Type of Facility: General medical/surgical
Special Programs: ICU, nuclear medicine, respiratory care, oncology treatment unit, respite care, mental hygiene clinic, nursing home care unit, rehabilitation medicine bed section, and two veterans outreach centers (one in Beckley,
the other in Princeton) LOUIS A. JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER Affiliations: The Medical Center is an active
teaching facility with residency and academic affiliations with West Virginia University, Fairmont State College, Salem-Teikyo University, Alderson-Broaddus College, West Virginia Board of Vocational Rehabilitation, and West Virginia
Wesleyan College Authorized Beds: 216 authorized Type of Facility: General medical/surgical and Psychiatry Special Programs: Hemodialysis, oncology, post-traumatic stress disorder, and substance abuse HUNTINGTON VA MEDICAL CENTER Affiliations: Marshall University School of Medicine
Authorized Beds: 247 Authorized Type of Facility: General Medical and Surgical Special Programs: Intermediate care, ambulatory care, nuclear medicine, geriatric evaluation unit, rehabilitation medicine, mental health
clinic, veterans outreach, cardiology, drug treatment, infectious disease, prosthetics, research and development, alcohol treatment, satellite outpatient clinic, audiology, cardiac catherization lab, inpatient psychiatry, acute dialysis,
endoscopic surgery, oncology/hematology, pulmonary, and geriatric/gerontology There is also a new primary care clinic at St. Francis Hospital in Charleston affiliated with the Huntington VA Medical Center. More specialized needs are
still treated in Huntington. The clinic, located in Suite 105 near St. Francis' emergency department, is open weekdays between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Appointments are required.
MARTINSBURG VA MEDICAL CENTER Affiliations: George Washington University School of Medicine and West Virginia University School of Medicine Authorized
Beds: 109 hospital, 148 nursing home care unit, and 312 domiciliary beds Type of Facility: General Medical & Surgical, Long-term Care, and Domiciliary Special Programs: Alcohol-drug rehabilitation unit, audiology
& speech pathology, homeless domiciliary program, inpatient hospice, intensive care unit, medical center and domiciliary-based substance abuse programs, mental hygiene clinic, nuclear medicine, pulmonary function lab,
post-traumatic stress disorder-residential rehab (PTSD-PRRP) program, primary care, same day surgery, and traumatic brain injury-community re-entry National Programs: National Center for Information Security (NCIS), Office of
Emergency Medical Preparedness (OEMP), Hybrid Open Systems Technology (HOST), and VA Nationwide Teleconferencing System (VANTS) |
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