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Tampa VA Veteran Gives Another Chance at Life

“None of us knows when or if we’re going to need an organ,” said Krystal Catalano, Tampa VA Case Manager and facility coordination lead in partnering with LifeLink of Florida.

Krystal Catalano and staff host event table for Tampa VA’s Donor Day.

Tampa VA Radiology Setting Trends in Imaging Technology Advancements

Being equipped with technology that can detect, diagnose and treat conditions to increase the number of successful health outcomes for patients isn’t a long way coming. It's here.

Tampa VA Radiology Service Staff

Sabal Park Clinic – Now Serving Patient Number One

Connecting Veterans to the best health care as soon as possible compelled Tampa VA to partner with MacDill AFB’s 6th Medical Group to begin delivering outpatient services at Sabal Park Clinic in South Tampa, recently.

Clinic Commander and Timothy Kusko

Tampa VA Takes Screening Mammograms to Veterans with Help from Local Partner

MammoLink bus helps connect women Veterans to the soonest and best care.

MammoLink Bus.

Veterans take ‘Quantum Leap’ to recovery

Tampa VA Veterans have found a therapeutic haven of sorts, among horses and red clay dirt.

Group photo of MHICM providers

Here’s the Tea on Celebrating 100 Years of Veteran Women’s Care in VA

Tampa VA is celebrating 100 years of women Veterans’ health care in Veterans Health Administration all month long, with stories to tell, uniforms to display and oh, the tea.

Women Veterans' Tea

The standard for 24/7/365 Virtual Urgent Care

The need for health care doesn’t stop just because it’s 5:00 p.m., the weekend, or a holiday. In fact, the busiest time for both urgent care clinics and emergency rooms is early afternoon and evening hours.

VISN 8 Clinical Contact Center hired two nocturnists, or physicians who work overnight, to truly become the 24/7/365 virtual urgent care service leaders aspired it to be.

From the Frontlines of War to Life-changing Benefits and Support from VA

At just 16 years old, U.S. Army Veteran and VA nurse Nicole Leger gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. She was filled with joy but had some difficult decisions to make.

U.S. Army Veteran Nicole Leger pictured in Afghanistan in 2008 and working in her role as a VA nurse with the VISN 8 Clinical Contact Center in July 2023.

Tampa VA’s Cutting-Edge Robotics and Advanced Technology Center Improves Access to Exoskeleton Technology for Veterans

The Robotics and Advanced Technology Center at James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital in Tampa is using cutting-edge technology to improve the lives of military Veterans.

U.S. Navy Veteran John Holgan smiles as he walks with his exoskeleton device during a session with providers at the James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital in Tampa.

Determined Veteran Who Deserves All the Luck

If fortune were a person, it would look like former helicopter mechanic and Army medic, Alfred Pratt, who recently ran a 5K race after having a double lung transplant.

Pratt crossing the finish line at the