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

  • Bay Pines VA Healthcare System employs 120 Medical Laboratory Professionals who are often referred to as the silent professionals because their work is behind the scenes. According to one laboratory professional, there is a saying: “Without the lab, you are only guessing.” … this could not be truer.

    Ian Garcia Working.

  • One of the ways Bay Pines VA cares for the whole health of Veterans, their caregivers, and survivors is through a concentrated approach toward health care decisions.

    Linda Leveen

  • Health care professionals at Bay Pines VA Healthcare System are continuously working to support the whole health of Veterans and their loved ones. In furtherance of that goal, several staff from the mental health service are leaning on the Bay Pines Enrichment Program.

    Two men, dressed in business casual attire, stand next to each other in a waiting room. They are fist bumping.

  • When Dr. Huma Syed arrived at Bay Pines VA Healthcare System in 2010, she had one goal – to build a program and team from the ground-up that could serve as a benchmark of health care for Veterans receiving radiation and oncology services.

    Radiation and Oncology Center staff at Bay Pines VA.

  • Bay Pines VA Healthcare System is looking toward the future of health care by championing opportunities for Veterans to be part of high-quality clinical trials that could lead to innovative results for Veterans receiving health care today and those who will enroll in VA health care in the future.

    GASO group photo

  • Bay Pines VA Healthcare System is continuously working toward becoming a High Reliability Organization (HRO). One of the fundamental pillars of an HRO is cultivating a Culture of Safety and the wellbeing of the Veterans we serve remains at the center of that goal.

    Patient Safety photo

  • Bay Pines VA Healthcare System has added another milestone to the organization’s 90-year history by becoming the first healthcare system in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to launch an Occupational Therapy Lymphedema Fellowship.

    A man and a woman stand outside on a sunny day, smiling for a picture. The woman is in purple scrubs and the man is in business casual attire.

  • From experiencing her family’s evacuation out of Saigon, Vietnam, to navigating her career as a woman in uniform, retired U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Valerie Lavin is no stranger to adversity.

    A woman in a black dress and dark hair stands outside smiling for her portrait. Behind her is an old building and the bright blue sky.

  • The population of women Veterans who entrust Bay Pines VA Healthcare System with their health care needs is growing rapidly, and Bay Pines VA is growing with them.

    Four women wearing the same shade of pink, stand together outside and smiling. Behind them is a mural of a woman service member holding her young son.

  • Bay Pines VA Healthcare System has expanded telehealth services to support Veterans at the Naples VA Clinic.

    telehealth