James A. Haley VA Medical Center

About the James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital - Tampa, Florida Activated in 1972, the James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital is a tertiary care facility classified as a Clinical Referral Level 1 Facility. JAHVH is a teaching hospital, providing a full range of patient care services, with state-of-the-art technology as well as education and research. Comprehensive health care is provided through primary care, tertiary care, and long-term care in areas of medicine, surgery, psychiatry, physical medicine and rehabilitation, spinal cord injury, neurology, oncology, dentistry, geriatrics, and extended care. JAHVH consists of five Veterans Health Administration facilities located in Tampa, New Port Richey, Zephyrhills, Lakeland and Brooksville, serving four counties in Central Florida. It is a part of the Veterans Integrated System Network (VISN) 8 that also includes facilities in Orlando, Gainesville, Lake City, Bay Pines, West Palm Beach, Miami and Puerto Rico. AFFILIATIONS The Tampa VA hospital is affiliated with the University of South Florida (USF) College of Medicine (Health Sciences Center) in North Tampa, developing a unique and close professional relationship. The hospital is connected both physically and functionally to the university. Tampa provides training to 183 USF residents and fellows, offering residency training in all major medical and surgical specialties and subspecialties. The hospital is also a training site for medical, nursing (more than 400), and other health care professional students. AUTHORIZED BEDS 415 – Main Hospital in Tampa 118 – Nursing Home Care Unit (located on site of main hospital) SPECIAL PROGRAMS Cardiac Catheterization Cardio-Pulmonary (Open Heart Surgery) Domiciliary Electron Microscopy Geriatric Psychiatry and Geriatric Medicine Hemodialysis Center Self Dialysis Health Care for Homeless Veterans Program Hospital Based Primary Care Intensive Care Units Lithotripsy Medical/Surgical/Coronary Mental Health Clinic Nursing Home Care Unit (Tampa) Nuclear Medicine Service Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Radiation Therapy Rehabilitation Medicine (Polytrauma Rehabilitation Center) Respiratory Therapy/Pulmonary Function Lab Speech Pathology Spinal Cord Injury Center Traumatic Brain Injury Center (TBIC)