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  • Kevin is a Veteran who endured a long and heart-wrenching journey, waiting almost four years for a life-saving kidney transplant.

    Steve, left, visiting Kevin in the hospital after Kevin's transplant surgery.

  • VA Boston Healthcare System marked a milestone with the ribbon-cutting for the Antonelli Medical Foster home, Nov. 14, 2025, the first home established since relaunching its Medical Foster Home program.

    L-R: Leslie Pierson, director of VA Boston HCS, Yvette Antonelli, homeowner and caregiver, and Lillian Antonelli, cut the ribbon Nov. 14, 2025.

  • At the VA Boston Healthcare System's West Roxbury campus, a quiet revolution in cardiac care has been unfolding over the past decade.

    VA Boston's transcatheter aortic valve replacement team members celebrating their 500 procedure at the West Roxbury campus Dec. 18, 2025.

  • In honor of Veterans Day, Boston Archbishop Richard G. Henning visited the VA Boston Healthcare System Nov. 4 and 6, 2025, to meet with Veterans, staff, and chaplains at the Brockton and West Roxbury campuses.

    Boston Archbishop Richard G. Henning meets with Veterans at VA Boston HCS’s Brockton Campus, Nov. 4, 2025. (VA Boston HCS photo by Deirdre Salvas)

  • VA Boston Healthcare System earned silver-level recognition in 2025 from the American Medical Association, or AMA, as a Joy in Medicine organization.

    L-R: Leslie Pierson, interim director of VA Boston HCS; Dr. Sucheta Doshi, chief well-being officer; Dr. Heather Davidson, deputy chief of staff.

  • Understanding intimate partner violence

    You deserve to be safe. 1 in 3 women Veterans will experience intimate partner violence.

  • In August 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced that the federal government will stop issuing paper checks for most federal payments on September 30, 2025.

    Filling out a paper check.

  • Congratulations to VA Boston’s Structural Heart Team on performing a complex TAVR procedure using the UNICORN technique Aug. 25, 2025 — the first time this approach has been used at VA Boston, where it is now available for appropriate Veterans.

    L-R: Dr. Scott Kinlay, chief of Cardiology, Dr. Jacquelyn Quin, surgeon, Dr. Zaid Almarzooq, interventional cardiologist, and Sharon LaRose, NP.

  • VA Boston Healthcare System researchers validated the use of a specifically-curated tool for determining which medications may be causing harm for older patients with cancer, according to research published in the Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network's September 2025 issue.

    VA Boston's Dr. Jennifer La, left, and Dr. Clark DuMontier, both also of Harvard Medical School.

  • To help welcome families visiting inpatient Veterans at VA Boston Healthcare System, Kathy Johnson and Alisha Long volunteered for a mission to restore the raised bed gardens outside the Fisher House.

    Alisha Long, RN, left, and Kathy Johnson, MSA, with vegetables on the Fisher House patio at the West Roxbury VA campus Aug. 21, 2025.