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Read about what's happening in our VA Bay Pines health care community.

  • The Bay Pines VA Healthcare System’s Homeless Program serves as a gateway to VA and community supportive services for eligible Veterans who are homeless or at-risk of becoming homeless. In fiscal year 2025, that mission translated into outcomes that surpassed national benchmarks.

    A group of people posing for a photo on the stairs.

  • You before me. That is the ethos that resonates with the men and women who donned the uniform and proudly served in the United States of America’s Armed Forces.

    A color guard presents the colors.

  • For Matt Labitzke, a U.S. Coast Guard Veteran, the journey from homeless and hopeless to being honored as VISN 8 Peer Specialist of the Year has been nothing short of life changing.

    Labitzke photo

  • Last year, Bay Pines VA became the first healthcare system in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to launch an Occupational Therapy Lymphedema Fellowship. Now, the program has recently graduated its first participant.

    Peck Photo

  • Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) affects more than 30 percent of the Veterans Bay Pines VA Healthcare System treats annually.

    Dr. Jason Hahn displays the Inspire device (left) as well as the remote that patients use to turn on the device before they go to sleep.

  • Integrity. Commitment. Advocacy. Respect. Excellence. Those are the core values staff at the Bay Pines VA Healthcare System consistently strive to embody in their service to Veterans.

    Two men stand together during the day time.

  • Radiation is the transfer of energy through space and for more than a century, medical professionals have utilized this phenomenon to treat patients. While it has its benefits, radiation exposure may also induce concern in those who receive it.

    CT Sinus Photo

  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, commonly referred to as COPD, is a progressive, and often painful, disease that damages the airways and lungs.

    A graphic rendering of the C.W.Y. VAMC next to a medical rendering of the valves that were used during a Bronschopic Lung Volume Reduction surgery.

  • Constructing a high-functioning health care organization is not dissimilar to crafting a good meal: in the absence of that key ingredient, the intended outcome may not be reached.

    A group of men and women who work at the Bay Pines VA Healthcare System stand in an orderly fashion between the American Flag and the VA Flag.

  • VA is implementing a new, modernized appointment scheduling system to better deliver the SOONEST and BEST CARE to Veterans.

    Integrated Scheduling System graphic