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

  • 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.

    APT Web Banner

  • 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.

    Mobile Check In

  • 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.

    Young people paying football

  • 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.

    Paul Holbert being interviewed.