Stories
Read about what's happening in our VA Memphis health care community.
VA Memphis Offers New Therapy to Treat Chronic Heart Failure
The Lt. Col. Luke Weathers, Jr., VA Medical Center became the first VA Medical Center in the region, and one of the earliest in the country, to perform a Cardiac Contractility Modulation (CCM) procedure. CCM is a new therapy that helps salvage heart failure patients with poor prognoses.
National Prescription Drug Take Back Day 2023
National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is Saturday, April 22, from 10am to 2pm. Disposing of potentially dangerous prescription drugs is a great way to protect our community.
Get Your Flu Shot
Protect your self.
Spring Job Fair for Veterans
The Lt. Col. Luke Weathers, Jr. VA Medical Center (formerly known as the Memphis VA Medical Center) is hosting an on-site job fair for Veterans.
VA Student Trainee Experience Program (VA-STEP)
Pursue a Future as a Nurse at VA through the VA Student Trainee Experience Program (VA-STEP).
Inclement Weather Facility Update
Please drive safely!
Job Fair Canceled
Due to inclement weather, the Lt. Col. Luke Weathers, Jr. VA Medical Center will not host the previously scheduled job fairs for Tuesday, January 31, 2023.
Local VA Medical Center Clinic Closures
Inclement Weather Closures!
Memphis VA Named in Honor of Tuskegee Airmen
The Memphis VA Medical Center has a new name! It is now officially known as the Lt. Col. Luke Weathers, Jr. VA Medical Center.
VA’s New “Burden-free” Study Method Finds Two Blood Pressure Drugs Equally Effective
While a staff member at the VA Medical Center Memphis, Dr. William Cushman was Co-Chair of the Diuretic Comparison Project (DCP) from its planning stages through recruitment of VA medical centers/health care systems and patient selection.
