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

  • VA Pittsburgh has partnered with Ompractice to provide Veterans, caregivers, staff and volunteers with unlimited access to free livestreamed yoga, tai chi/qigong, Pilates, meditation, children’s classes and more.

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  • On April 16, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) awarded a $92 million build-to-suit lease for a VA Community-Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) near the Monroeville Mall Macy’s department store on Mall Circle Drive in Monroeville, Pennsylvania.

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  • Drs. Gaetan Sgro and Elizabeth Hakas are VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System’s 2021 Outstanding Physicians of the Year.

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  • VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System staff are working to reach more Veterans using mobile mental health apps.

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  • Join a virtual listening session on March 10 to tell us how VA can improve your health care.

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  • Veterans enrolled in VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System’s Home-Based Primary Care (HBPC) program are receiving COVID-19 vaccines in their homes.

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  • Were you ineligible to donate blood because of your military service in Europe? You may be eligible now.

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  • A therapeutic sensory device at VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System’s Community Living Center uses lights and sounds to either stimulate or calm Veterans.

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  • Much has changed since Tauna Perenovich of Kennedy Township started as an entry-level clerk-stenographer at VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, but recognizing extraordinary federal service – despite a pandemic – hasn’t.

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  • When a Veteran suggested mask making as a form of therapy during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic this spring, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System (VAPHS) recreation therapist Haley Sherer made it happen.

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