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Read more about how San Francisco VA Health Care System helps heroes heal through innovation, compassion and partnership

  • During the week of May 11-15, 2026, SFVAHCS proudly stood at the forefront of National VA Research Week, showcasing why it is the unparalleled leader in Veteran health care innovation.

    VA Research Week poster featuring a man in VR gear with a futuristic theme.

  • Life has a way of laughing at our blueprints.

    Collage of two images: three women in scrubs smiling, one in red, two in blue.

  • San Francisco VA Health Care System (SFVAHCS) doesn't just occupy a cluster of buildings near the Presidio; it operates as the embodiment of service meeting innovative care.

    A patient in a hospital bed with two medical professionals prior to a procedure posing for a photo, all smiling.

  • Dr. Carl Grunfeld stepped down in October 2025 after a 48-year career of federal leadership, service, and academic research.

    Carl Grunfeld

  • In Eureka’s Pine Hill neighborhood, there is a long, gray wall. It is a canvas for transience, a slab of urban parchment where the tags of the anonymous appear, are painted over, and appear again.

    VA Nurse foregrounded against her reddish-brown octopus mural which she still works to complete on a daily basis.

  • Dr. Julie Schallhorn, an ophthalmologist with San Francisco VA Health Care System recognized a common yet significant challenge: many Veterans face difficulty administering single-dose eye drops.

    Eye drop assistive device

  • San Francisco VA Health Care System now offering Veterans with early-stage Alzheimer's disease a new medication to slow the progression of symptoms.

    Holding hands

  • Before most of The City has finished their first cup of coffee, Terry Major is already 45 minutes into his morning bike ride, a ritual that reflects the same discipline he brings to serving Veterans.

    Side-by-side photo featuring the profiled servicemember. Left side, Marine bootcamp photo. Right side, current day outside SFVAMC.

  • An Air Force Veteran’s life recently changed forever when doctors at two VA medical centers, almost 2,000 miles apart, worked together and used new, advanced technology to restore his health.

    De Witt, Bryce

  • As the United States grew as a nation and participated in the major wars that would undergird its history, from the Civil War through World War II and into the Vietnam-era, its population of amputees grew exponentially.

    Male, above leg amputee lies in hospital bed with his wife immediately to his right perched on the edge of the bed, smiling as they pose for a photo.