News releases

The Department of Veterans Affairs announced that it permanently housed 51,936 homeless Veterans across the country in fiscal year 2025.

The Environmental Management Service (EMS) at VA Palo Alto health care has been named the 2025 EVS Department of the Year by Health Facilities Management magazine, in collaboration with the Association for the Health Care Environment (AHE).

The Department of Veterans Affairs today announced $164,068,809 in grants to 27 organizations in California to help Veterans who are homeless or at-risk of becoming homeless.

VA Palo Alto health care has earned bronze level recognition in 2025 from the American Medical Association (AMA) as a Joy in Medicine® organization.

VA Palo Alto health care announced today it has earned a five-star rating as part of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 2025 hospital quality ratings.

VA Palo Alto health care recently celebrated Associate Chief of Staff for Precision Medicine, Philip S. Tsao, Ph.D., for being the recipient of the American Heart Association’s (AHA) Merit Award.

The VA Menlo Park 100 Centennial celebration held on August 19, 2023, exceeded all expectations as it brought together over 750 attendees to commemorate a century of service, sacrifice, and unity.

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Jean Jones Gurga as Executive Medical Center Director for VA Palo Alto health care in Palo Alto, California. In her new role, Ms. Gurga will oversee a $1.1 billion annual operating budget and lead over 7,000 staff and volunteers.

On June 30, 2023, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System and Stanford Medicine announced a collaboration on a project to potentially plan, build and operate a National Cancer Institute-designated joint cancer care and research center on the VA Palo Alto campus.

On July 28, 2022, VA Palo Alto health care held a ribbon cutting ceremony for a New Basic Science Research Center at its Palo Alto campus.