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Read about what's happening in our VA North Florida/South Georgia health care community.

  • The North Florida / South Georgia Veterans Health System and Malcom Randall VA Medical Center have achieved a landmark milestone surpassing 200 robotic-assisted bronchoscopy procedures for Veterans throughout the system’s catchment area.

    Pulmonary Group

  • The need for health care doesn’t stop just because it’s 5:00 p.m., the weekend, or a holiday. In fact, the busiest time for both urgent care clinics and emergency rooms is early afternoon and evening hours.

    VISN 8 Clinical Contact Center hired two nocturnists, or physicians who work overnight, to truly become the 24/7/365 virtual urgent care service leaders aspired it to be.

  • The North Florida / South Georgia Veterans Health System is committed to providing world-class healthcare to its more than 177,000 Veterans enrolled for VA Healthcare.

    Alumni

  • Every single day, staff members of the North Florida / South Georgia Veterans Health System ensure that our Veterans receive the best care possible by adhering to the VA’s ICARE Values of integrity, commitment, advocacy, respect, and excellence.

    Perry VA Clinic Rapid Deployment

  • We would like to announce our newest Chief Medical Officer for Ocala Community Based Operations Clinic in Ocala, Fl.

    Dr. Jean-Charles Story

  • The Malcom Randall Veterans Affairs Medical Center is delivering state of the art procedures for Veterans in vascular surgery, offering cutting edge technology including Thoracic Branch Endograft treatment for aortic arch aneurysms. As one of the first VA medical centers to provide this treatment, the VA is providing timely access to world-class health care to Veterans.

    Vascular Surgical Team

  • The Malcom Randall Veterans Affairs Medical Center has initiated delivery of Continuous Venovenous Hemofiltration (CVVH), or hemodialysis, throughout its Intensive Care Units, the first of which was administered in June.

    MICU nursing staff at Malcom Randall VAMC

  • Attention all Veteran artists, actors, dancers, musicians, and writers!

    National Veterans Creative Arts Festival

  • The Department of Veterans Affairs is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Wende Dottor as the new executive director of the North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System.

    Photo of Wende Dottor

  • Veterans enrolled for VA health care in Florida, South Georgia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Island may contact the VISN 8 Clinical Contact Center utilizing the VA Health Chat App. The app is available for Android and IOS.