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

  • Joan Haynes, DNP, FNP‑C in the Lebanon VA Pain Clinic, emerged as a true PGx champion during the “Expanding PGx Testing in the Pain Clinic” project.

    Joan Haynes, DNP, FNP‑C

  • The VA Lebanon Healthcare System will be offering the flu vaccine at the following locations, dates, and times.

    VA Lebanon Healthcare System is offering flu vaccinations at the following locations, dates, and times.

  • U.S. Marine Corps Veteran Daniel Hartman used to have to go to an outside source to find frames and features he liked. Now, he can get his entire care within the Lebanon medical center. It saves time, hassle, and cost.

    Many sunglasses and glasses displayed on a white wall in an optics store.

  • Some bands are formed in garages. Others come together in college dorm rooms or local clubs.

    Five men, two in wheelchairs, pose on a bridge with city skyline in background.

  • At the National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic, there’s no single profile of a participant.

    Three men standing together in front of a Veterans backdrop.

  • Imagine getting a chance to be an extra in a movie, when suddenly, the director asks to speak to your agent to cast you in a leading role!

    Army Veteran Eric Reeder (on left), dressed in period costume, portraying revered Pennsylvanian, Thaddeus Stevens, in the movie, Gettysburg 1863, with VA social worker Mike Pasinski, LCSW (on right) of the VA Lebanon Healthcare System.

  • In 1776, the people of Philadelphia gathered in the streets as word spread that the Continental Congress had adopted the Declaration of Independence.

    Replica Liberty Bell.

  • When Marine Corps Veteran Ivson Shelley came to the Lebanon VA Medical Center for a follow-up visit with his oncologist, Suhail Ali, MD, the staff was concerned about how much the former New York resident had declined since his last appointment.

    Chaplain oversees a couple in love as they exchange wedding vows.

  • In a groundbreaking stride with personalized health care for Veterans, the Lebanon VAMC is leading the VA in a new type of treatment for Veterans suffering from metastatic prostate cancers and neuroendocrine tumors.

    Vials of medications.

  • Checking into an unfamiliar hospital can be an overwhelming task, especially in an era where medical threats are seemingly everywhere. From COVID-19 to MRSA infections, and everything in between, maintaining and understanding infection prevention is an integral aspect of any healthcare organization.

    Woman looking at camera