Stories

At the Milwaukee VA Spinal Cord Injury and Disorder Center, Veterans are building more than robots — they’re building confidence, honing skills and connecting with their community through an Introduction to Robotics course.

A Milwaukee VA microbiologist is receiving national recognition after discovering an unusual trend on several patient cultures.

Sept. 16-20 is Healthcare Simulation Week, and the importance of collaboration, innovation and training were all on display during a recent simulation exercise at the Milwaukee VA Medical Center.

We all remember where we were on Sept. 11, 2001. But beyond that, we should not forget the sacrifices that were made, and the lives lost, on and after that fateful day.

Dan Buttery is all about the mission. From leading his company in Iraq to leading the Milwaukee County War Memorial Center, Buttery has spent most of his life fighting alongside and for Veterans. But now, he’s fighting a new foe — cancer. And the PACT Act has given him a head start on this mission.

For the first time, the Zablocki VA’s Northeast Wisconsin Ambulatory Clinics have their own chaplain.

A new vending machine in the Milwaukee VA cafeteria won’t give you chips, soda or candy. Instead it dispenses valuable items that could save someone’s life.

Five health improvement projects connected to the Milwaukee VA Medical Center are among 40 in Wisconsin to receive Momentum Grant funding from the Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment.

Catching a mistake — and reporting it — has led to national accolades for a Green Bay VA Health Clinic nurse.

Veterans and Milwaukee VA Medical Center staff alike will benefit from the new Medical Procedures unit, which opened Monday.