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

  • A VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System (VAPHS) surgeon received the highest honor for VA health services researchers during the 2025 National VA Research Week Kick Off Awards Ceremony.

    Dr. Daniel Hall receives the Under Secretary’s Award for Outstanding Achievement in Health Services Research.

  • Holidays can be stressful for Veterans and caregivers. VAPHS staff offer tips on how to manage added stress this time of year.

    Woman breathing exercises in front of Christmas tree.

  • VA Pittsburgh, 911th Airlift Wing and partner agencies practice evacuating civilians from disaster area.

    ROTC student Madeline Chambers, second from left, portrays a patient arriving at the first stop in the Operation Pegasus Stride 2024 triage process.

  • Two VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System (VAPHS) employees received a national 2024 VA Secretary Honor Award for I CARE for quickly aiding a co-worker in crisis.

    Daryl Ferguson and Joshua Anderson, VAPHS Environmental Management Services supervisors, display recently received I CARE awards.

  • A Marine Corps Veteran from Bethel Park will compete in the Paris 2024 Paralympics with a prosthetic leg maximized for power and efficiency at VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System (VAPHS).

    Marine Corps Veteran Eric McElvenny prepares for the Paris 2024 Paralympics

  • The Community Living Center (CLC) at VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System (VAPHS) is now a five-star facility, VA’s highest rating possible for its nursing homes.

    VAPHS CLC Now a 5-star Facility

  • VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System (VAPHS) recently honored a 100-year-old World War II Veteran, presenting the former B-24 Liberator tail gunner with stacks of greeting cards from well-wishers.

    VAPHS Celebrates 100-Year-Old WWII Vet

  • We are seeking national Commission on Collegiate Nurse Education (CCNE) accreditation of our Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Residency (MH-NPR). Learn more and how you can submit comments now through Sept. 2

  • Two VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System (VAPHS) research team members are among the first recipients of a new national award through VA’s LGBTQ+ Health Program Office.

    Taylor Boyer, left, and John Blosnich, received VA’s inaugural awards for transgender and gender diverse (TGD) research.

  • VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System is piloting a text-messaging service that could save Veterans’ lives.