Stories | VA Tennessee Valley Health Care

“It's kind of funny. When you’re trying to focus on what fly to use … you don’t have to think about anything else.”

In the early years of his life, Navy Veteran Gary Duncan was spiraling out of control.

A Navy Veteran and his wife smile at the camera.

Dr. Sandra Zinkel, a VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System staff hematologist, was honored with the Clinician Scientist Investigator (CSI) Award to continue her research in blood cell development and myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS).

VA TVHS researcher receives CSI Award to research myelodysplastic syndrome, a debilitating blood disorders

Daniel Dücker, VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System (TVHS) Executive Director, accepted a VA Customer Service Innovation Award during VA’s 2024 Customer Experience (CX) Symposium on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024.

Nine nurse practitioners graduated from VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System's (TVHS) Nurse Practitioner Residency Programs on Friday, Sept. 6.

Young female nurse wearing a black sleeveless blouse speaks to the audience about her project while standing at the brown podium.

During a rather bleak and cloudy month in Houston, Texas, Rory Thompson recalls it being an unusually sunny day in early March 2000. Perhaps the sunshine was a foreshadowing of the people and experiences to enter Thompson’s life during some of his darkest moments in the years to come.

3 U.S. Marine Corps Veterans standing on base in Iraq with their guns facing the camera with sand and tents in the background.

A recent study conducted by VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System (TVHS) has linked 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD), an environmental toxin and contaminant of Agent Orange, to adverse reproductive health outcomes, including preterm birth.

Transmission electron micrographs of placental macrophages with group B streptococcus inside of them.

Executive leaders from VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System (TVHS) unveiled the new physical medicine and rehabilitation services (PMRS) clinic at Alvin C. York VA Medical Center on Monday.

The newly renovated physical medicine and rehabilitation services clinic at Alvin C. York VAMC opened its doors to patients Monday, Aug. 5, 2024.

In a first-time show of collaboration and dedication, 196 Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) medical residents gathered on June 25, 2024, to participate in a swearing-in ceremony before commencing rotations at VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System (TVHS).

VUMC medical residents raised their right hands as they took the oath of office to provide the best care to Veterans at TVHS.

The care for Veterans at Tennessee Valley Healthcare System (TVHS) goes beyond a medical chart. Taking the time to see, listen, and understand are key steps to acknowledge and provide an effective diagnosis .