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Did you know that the U.S. Government dispatched 3,500 Army troops onto Washington D.C. streets under leadership of General Douglas MacArthur to drive off an assembled ‘army’ of WWI Veteran demonstrators?

In 2010, Marine Corporal Todd Nicely became just the second service member to survive devastating battlefield injuries to all his limbs.

Todd Nicely drives a car to demonstrate his skills and ability to safely negotiate turns, and use braking and acceleration with the new equipment that will be fitted into his truck back home in St. Louis.

Cleveland VA Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University Researchers Get Closer to Restoring Feeling and Functionality

CBS News recently highlighted important prosthetic limb research being conducted at the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center in conjunction with Case Western Reserve University.

In 1982, nearly 40 years after the first group of Inhalation Therapists (now known as Respiratory Therapists) started working, President Ronald Reagan issued a proclamation dedicating National Respiratory Care Week. Today Respiratory Care Week is held the last full week in October.

Two Respiratory Therapists performing a procedure

In 2017 medical professionals from the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center developed a Structural Heart program. By 2019 construction on two state-of-the art hybrid operating rooms was completed.

U.S. Air Force Veteran, Perry Fennell (left) with Noah Rosenthal, MD- Cardiologist and Director of the Cardiac CathLab (right)

Drs. Margot Damaser and Steve Majerus, Investigators at the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center's Advanced Platform Technology (APT) Center and inventors of UroMonitor, spearheaded a licensing agreement with medical device company Bright Uro for the UroMonitor sensor.

Check in for your appointment right from your smartphone. Scan the QR code or text “check in” to the phone number provided on the mobile check-in poster in the check-in area.

Ohio Western Reserve Ladies (OWRL) is a group of volunteers that attend services at Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery in Rittman, Ohio.

OWR Ladies members, Kat Frey and Becky Clark receiving the U.S. flag on behalf of the families of unattended burials.

Did you know falls are the leading cause of TBI-related hospitalizations? Anyone can suffer a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). Falls, firearm-related suicide and vehicle accidents are three common causes of TBI.

You may not have heard of Paul Holbert by name, but if you've walked the halls of the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center you've definitely heard him. Or at least, his music.