News releases

The Michael E DeBakey VA Medical Center is seeking volunteer drivers to help ensure Veterans across southeast Texas can access the healthcare they’ve earned. As transportation challenges increase in rural areas, the need for dependable volunteers has never been greater.

The Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (MEDVAMC) announced today it has earned a four-star rating as part of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 2025 hospital quality ratings.

More than 100 Houston area Veterans organizations are joining together to offer all area military Veterans, servicemembers and their families an invaluable opportunity to connect with over 150 employers and service providers.

The Department of Veterans Affairs will realign an additional $800 million this fiscal year as part of the Veterans Health Administration’s Non-Recurring Maintenance program, which makes infrastructure improvements to health care facilities to ensure safe and effective patient care.

Houston National Cemetery will hold a Vietnam War 50th Anniversary Commemoration Ceremony on March 28th to thank and honor Veterans of the Vietnam War.

The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) has awarded Sankar Dass Navaneethan, MD, MS, MPH, with the prestigious Garabed Eknoyan Award.

Bhavika Kaul, MD, MAS, of HSR’s Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety (IQuESt), has been selected as an Oscar Auerbach Visiting Scholar with VA’s War Related Illness and Injury Center.

The Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center is proud to announce the selection of a site location for the future Beaumont VA Outpatient Clinic.

The Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Department of Texas awarded Army Veteran and Houston VA Transition Patient Advocate Cornelius Blackshear as their Disabled Veteran of the Year during their annual state convention on June 21.

This Saturday, June 8th, all area military Veterans are invited to a special VA claims and enrollment resource fair at the Beaumont VA Outpatient Clinic.