Alert - New COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic location

As of December 20, 2021

COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic has moved to Building 70, Room 123

Operating hours are 0830 to 1530

All Veterans, spouses and caregivers can get a COVID-19 vaccine at VA by appointment or walk-in clinic. Visit our vaccine information page

For VA-specific information: Read our coronavirus FAQs and public health response, or use our coronavirus chatbot.

Prepare for a visit: Everyone entering our facilities is screened, and visitors are limited. Face coverings are mandatory. For some needs, you may be able to get care at home by phone or video.

For the latest coronavirus information: Visit the CDC website

Western North Carolina VA Health Care System Visitation Policy

The Western North Carolina VA Health Care System – comprised of Charles George VA Medical Center and Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) in Rutherford County, Hickory and Franklin, North Carolina – reinstituted visitation March 21, 2022.

Veterans without COVID 19 who are admitted to acute care (this does not include Warrior’s Recovery Unit and Community Living Center) are allowed one visitor per day between 8 a.m. and 9 p.m. No visitors under the age of 16 are permitted. Other restrictions remain in place. Visitors will be screened prior to entering the facility and will be required to remain masked for the duration of their visit. No visitors will be allowed to wait in common areas such as the canteen, waiting rooms, or vending areas. We ask that Veterans plan and take these restrictions into account before visiting our facilities.

These restrictions apply to all care locations, including health care facilities, ambulatory care centers, urgent care centers and emergency rooms.

Visitors who are ill or showing symptoms of illness should not come to the facility.

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Leadership

Find contact information for members of VA Asheville Health Care System's leadership team.

Stephanie Young

Medical Center Director

VA Asheville health care

Phone: 828-298-7911, ext. 5224

George B. Drexel IV MBA

Associate Medical Center Director

VA Asheville health care

Phone: 828-298-7911, ext. 5212

Ashfaq Ahsanuddin MD

Chief of Staff

VA Asheville health care

David Przestrzelski M.S., R.N.

Associate Director Patient Care Services/Nurse Executive

VA Asheville health care

Phone: 828-298-7911, ext. 5449

Joanna Weber

Assistant Director of the Western North Carolina VA Health Care System

VA Asheville health care