News releases
News releases for VA Palo Alto health care
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.
VA Palo Alto Health Care System (VAPAHCS) announced today that it will hold a virtual listening session with stakeholders on Wednesday, May 26, at 11:00 a.m. to hear from Veterans and the communities VA serves.
VA Palo Alto Health Care System (VAPAHCS) has reached 50,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered to Veterans in the Bay Area, with even more doses administered to spouses, caregivers, and VA staff.
VA Palo Alto Health Care System has COVID-19 vaccine appointments available as early as this week at our Stockton and Livermore campuses.
VA Palo Alto Health Care System (VAPAHCS) is now expanding its COVID-19 vaccine offering to:
VA Palo Alto Health Care System (VAPAHCS) is proud to announce the administering of its 20,000th dose of COVID-19 vaccine on February 18, 2021. The milestone includes first and second doses of the the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines to Veterans and staff.