News releases
News releases for VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
September 26, 2024Today, Veterans began moving into a new building – 671 MacArthur Avenue – that provides 74 units of permanent supportive housing for homeless and at-risk Veterans and their families on the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center campus.
September 24, 2024Today, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (VAGLAHS) announced that it has already housed 1,647 Veterans experiencing homeless in the greater Los Angeles catchment area to date this fiscal year (October 1, 2023, through September 30, 2024).
August 29, 202422 local Veterans from VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (VAGLAHS) are participating in the 38th National Veterans Golden Age Games (Golden Age Games), August 24 – 29 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
July 31, 2024The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced July 30 that Tyler Larsen, MD at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System received VA’s highest honor for health professions education, the David M. Worthen Award.
July 23, 2024The Department of Veterans Affairs is pleased to announce the appointment of Robert C. Merchant, FACHE, as the new Executive Director Medical Center (SES) of the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (VAGLAHS).
May 31, 2024On Friday, May 31, 2024, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (VAGLAHS) celebrated a joint groundbreaking ceremony for Buildings 158 and 210 on the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center campus.
May 7, 2024VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (VAGLAHS) announced their “LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer” designation from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC).
April 1, 2024A new VA clinic is scheduled to come to Lancaster, Calif., to serve Antelope Valley Veterans in the summer of 2025. The new clinic will be located at 44439 17th St. W in an existing building recently acquired by VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (VAGLAHS) via a 20-year lease.
January 31, 2024As part of VA’s nationwide homelessness goals for 2023, the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System has permanently housed 1,790 homeless Veterans.
December 6, 2023VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System’s (VAGLAHS) San Gabriel Valley VA Clinic was recognized by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement as an Age-Friendly Health System part of ongoing efforts to ensure age-friendly care for older Veterans.