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Since opening its doors in October 2020, Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital’s Kidney Transplant Center has led the Department of Veterans Affairs in kidney transplants.

For Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital nephrologist Dr. Holly Kramer, educating others about kidney disease began as a young girl.

Unhoused, housing-insecure and in-need Veterans lined up at the Illinois National Guard Northwest Armory Nov. 8 for the annual Winter Stand Down.

On Nov. 8, Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital honored Chicago-area Veterans with its first Veterans Day parade since the COVID-19 pandemic.

Over 400 Chicago area Veterans attended a joint Veteran Resource Fair hosted by Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital and Jesse Brown VA Medical Center on October 12 at Governors State University.

For Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital orthopedic surgeon William Hopkinson, it doesn’t feel like 50 years of Federal service.

The Dr. Kate Hendricks Thomas Supporting Expanded Review for Veterans in Combat Environments Act, otherwise known as the SERVICE Act, expanded breast cancer risk assessment and mammogram screening eligibility for Veterans who may have been exposed to toxic chemicals and other hazards while deployed.

Veterans lined up outside Gen. Richard L. Jones National Guard Armory as early as 5 a.m. on July 12, waiting to get into the Chicago Summer Stand Down.

“You know the secret to living this long?” asked Lawrence “Larry” Szydlowski, as he leaned in, “Don’t be grouchy.”

Grover wakes up, excited to go to work. He greets everyone in the office with a wag of his tail, inspects a few breakfast items and checks if physical therapy has any new balls to steal.