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Read about what's happening in our VA Central Alabama health care community.

  • The Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System (CAVHCS) recently received high praise for its outstanding collaboration and commitment to Veteran care.

  • At Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System (CAVHCS), we proudly recognize Troy Ash for his extraordinary dedication and compassion in serving our Veterans.

    “DJ Ash”, Troy Ash's alter ego, entertains Veterans and staff at VA hosted events, including Vet Fest, to bring joy to those around.

  • — The Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System (CAVHCS) announced today it has earned a five-star rating as part of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 2025 hospital quality ratings.

    CAVHCS Medical Centers

  • TUSKEGEE, Ala— Just after sunrise, smoke was already rising over Tuskegee. A house fire was pushing thick clouds into the morning sky. Fire crews were on the move. Minutes later, another call came in. A second home was burning on the other side of town.

    Firefighters from the CAVHCS work alongside Tuskegee Fire Department crews to battle a residential fire on July 28 in Tuskegee, Alabama.

  • In the tranquil countryside of Milstead, Alabama, where dirt roads stretch under wide skies and life moves to the rhythm of farm chores and family bonds, Elizabeth Washington was born on Dec. 7, 1940.

    Elizabeth Washington

  • Veterans receiving inpatient care at the Tuskegee campus of the Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System were treated to a live acoustic performance by the Dark Waters Project on July 7, 2025, as part of the Veterans Concert Project.

    Adam and Cherish Hamby of the Dark Waters Project perform for inpatient Veteran

  • She lay motionless on the bathroom floor, her skin a chilling shade of blue. Face down on the cold tile of a Tennessee hotel, blood traced her nose and pooled near a used needle. The locked stall door offered no answers, only silence. Shavonne Smith didn’t hesitate.

    Col. Shamekia Toliver presents Nurse Shavonne Smith with a coin in recognition of her continued service to Veterans and the nation.

  • Case manager Carmen Cooper, a dedicated Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System (CAVHCS) social worker with the HUD-VASH Program, spends her days tirelessly helping homeless Veterans secure stable housing in Dothan, Alabama.

    A social worker takes selfie with veteran

  • For the first time in its decades-long existence, a historian has joined the Central Alabama VA Health Care System—a monumental step toward preserving its legacy.

    Dr. Maureen Thompson, CAVHCS Historian (left), and Denise Dixon, daughter of Dr. Mildred Dixon, former CAVHCS podiatrist, sort through photos in 2024.

  • The Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System (CAVHCS) is working with the VISN 7 Clinical Resource Hub (CRH) to improve eye care services for Veterans in central Alabama. One major challenge has been the long distances that rural Veterans have to travel to see eye specialists.

    Dr. Annette Giangiacomo