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

  • U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Deputy Secretary Paul R. Lawrence visited the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, part of the VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System, on Tuesday, Sept. 23.

    VA Deputy Secretary Paul Lawrence met with medical center leadership and key healthcare leaders during his visit to Cleveland

  • A pilot program at VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System grows more than vegetables — it cultivates camaraderie, resilience, and hope.

    Group of people tending to a lush garden bed filled with green plants and orange flowers on a sunny day.

  • For almost nine years, Ryan Flynn served in the U.S. Army as a military police officer. Service was his calling, but life after the uniform brought a new kind of battle: severe PTSD.

    Ryan Flynn, Army Vet finds calm driving golf cart at Cleveland VA

  • A new buzz is in the air at the Cleveland Botanical Garden, thanks to an eight-week beekeeping course for Veterans in the VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System’s Whole Health program.

    Veterans learn beekeeping skills in joint program with the VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System, Cleveland Botanical Garden, and Youth Bee Works.

  • The VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System has been named the top VA facility in the country for its 2025 VA2K Walk & Roll, earning the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Live Whole Health Award.

    VA2K

  • A unique wireless, catheter-free, insertable bladder pressure sensor developed within the Advanced Platform Technology Center (APTC) within Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center was used in bladder care for its first patient at Cleveland Clinic in early June.

    The Glean Urodynamics System insertable bladder sensor

  • A new mental health area is the latest expansion Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center (LSCVAMC) has introduced in a three year-long construction project increasing capabilities within the emergency department (ED).

    Nurse standing in a hallway next to an enclosed observation area in view of mental health rooms at LSCVAMC

  • The David F. Winder Department of Veterans Affairs Community Based Outpatient Clinic has taken a unique approach to caring for its senior Veterans by offering a non-medical service to support their emotional well-being.

    Major Gen. Francis Evon greet veterans at an Honor Flight Bus to visit the war memorials in Washington D.C.

  • The 2025 National Veterans Golden Age Games will bring together Veterans from across the country, and this year, one of Ohio’s own will carry the state flag with pride.

    Shannon Davis, US Army Veteran (left) and (right) carrying the Ohio state flag into the opening ceremony of the 2025 National Golden Age Games.

  • A beacon of mobile justice for those who have served, the blue and white Ohio Justice Bus arrived at the Carl Nunziato VA Clinic on April 22, promising more than just legal aid.

    The Justice Bus visits the Youngstown VA Outpatient Clinic