Stories

For Veteran Leon Warren III, reducing the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder is made easier through his passion for gardening, and he does it at Houston VA’s Peaceful Garden.

The Houston VA Clinical Contact Center can provide virtual urgent care and support to Veterans - whether it’s general administrative support, nurse triage, virtual visits with a doctor or nurse practitioner, pharmacy services, or appointment scheduling and management – we’re here for you!

A newly constructed facility aimed at providing state-of-the-art, high-quality rehabilitation and treatment services for Veterans is now open in Houston.

A Houston VA clinic designed for Veterans with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, has received designation as a Certified Treatment Center of Excellence by the ALS Association.

Navy Veteran John Kash used to drink two gallons of whole milk a day, until his primary care doctor referred him to a dietitian with the VA’s MOVE! Program. Now he is down 53 pounds and feeling great.

More than 1,000 Veterans lined up in the pouring rain to receive much-needed food and assistance at a special event at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center last Saturday.

In a remarkable display of community collaboration, more than 1,000 Veterans recently gathered at a special event in Houston to connect with essential resources, jobs and support.

For 19 years, Dr. Thomas ‘Tom’ Zampieri, a former U.S. Army medic wore a white coat, a stethoscope, walking the halls of the Canandaigua, Richmond and the Houston VA medical centers flipping the pages of lab test results for patients as a physician’s assistant.

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.

Meet Sonja White, an RN at the Houston VA.   As an Air Force Veteran, she says she is particularly honored to care for those who have served.