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

  • Dozens of Veterans and their families, VA Tennessee Valley employees, and the Murfreesboro community, cheered and celebrated Veterans during VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System's (TVHS) Veterans Day Parade on Nov. 16, 2024.

    An old Veteran inside a car with his arm out the window watching the veterans day parade.

  • On Nov. 14, 2024, Coca-Cola Bottling Company United and Cheeriodicals turned a cloudy morning into a joyous occasion at the Chattanooga VA Clinic.

    Coca-Cola workers outside facility with gifts for Veterans.

  • More than 94,000 Tennessee Veterans eligible for VA care live in a rural area.

    A rural veterans coat hanging up in a closet with the American flag showing.

  • On Oct. 1, 2024, VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System (TVHS) officially opened its stem cell processing lab and is now the only VA in the country with a fully intact stem cell transplant program, expanding cutting edge biotherapy services to Veterans.

    Stem Cell Processing team posing for a photo in the new lab.

  • “Whatever is going on in your life, if it’s important to you, it’s important to a chaplain,” said TVHS Chaplain Woodretta Allen.

    The chapel at Alvin C. York VA Medical Center.

  • “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.”

    Veterans fishing.

  • 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.