Skip to Content

Stories

Read about what's happening in the Birmingham VA Health Care System community

  • More than 60 employees, now proclaimed artists, participated in a Memorial Day tribute honoring military Veterans for their sacrifice. Over the past several weeks, these artists displayed their style with color, creating colorful masterpieces with the stroke of a brush on a card-sized canvas.

    The Poppy Project

  • The Birmingham VA Health Care System celebrated Mental Health Awareness Month recently. The Mental Health Service hosted a three-day event at the Birmingham East VA Clinic in Irondale.

    MH

  • Law enforcement officers serve as first responders to many crises. Birmingham VA Health Care System staff presented a series of training blocks to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, recently.

    Birmingham VA staff provides crisis intervention training to local law enforcement

  • Congratulations to the UAB Physician residents and BVAHCS Dental Residents for completing their residencies to become practicing physicians and dentists.  On May 18, 146 residents across multiple specialties were celebrated at the Birmingham VA.

    DSC09459

  • Peter H. King, M.D., chief of the neurology section of the Birmingham VA Health Care System (BVAHCS) was awarded the Wolcott Award for Excellence in Clinical Care Delivery by VA Deputy Under Secretary for Health, Dr. Steven Lieberman. King is also professor in the Department of Neurology, Heersink School of Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

    5-10-23 Wolcott Award

  • Shortly after high school in 2008, Alex Bruce enlisted in the Air National Guard as an Air Transportation Specialist while attending nursing school.

    DisneyFamily

  • The Huntsville VA Clinic introduced its new mammography service on March 29, 2023, for women Veterans in northern Alabama.

    PAO_2076

  • “It was one of the worst attacks I had been in since being in Vietnam,” said U.S. Marine Corps Veteran Stephen Peagler.

    Peagler side by side

  • The Birmingham VA Health Care System and its community partners were recently recognized for the successful permanent housing placement of 227 Veterans in 2022.

    BVAHCS participates in 2023 PIT Count

  • The Birmingham VA Health Care System and community partners are being recognized for achievements in the successful permanent housing placement of 227 Veterans in 2022.

    Picture11