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

  • For Dr. Chelsea Rothschild, health care innovation and accessibility are what keep her going, especially when it comes to breaking the stigma around mental health.

    Group of 10 people talking about mental health care in the Nashville VA medical center.

  • Tennessee Valley Healthcare System (TVHS) stands firm in its commitment to bolstering the health and wellness of Veterans and VA employees through robust support for healthy eating habits and physical activity.

    Colorful fruits and veggies with the text that reads "national nutrition month" in the middle

  • Robert Monroe was a young, energetic pharmacy technician in the Army in 1946. Monroe was stationed in South Korea when he began his pharmaceutical profession, so planning for his future medical aspirations were delayed.

    Army Veteran smiling for his photo and working in the pharmacy in 1946

  • In an effort to enhance health care accessibility for Veterans, the Tennessee Valley Healthcare System (TVHS) Chattanooga VA outpatient clinic recently collaborated with CHI Memorial MaryEllen Locher Breast Center to introduce a groundbreaking initiative.

    The CHI Memorial MaryEllen Locher Breast Center mobile mammography bus parked outside of the Chattanooga VA Clinic.

  • VA Under Secretary for Health, Dr. Shereef Elnahal, and Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, Dr. Lester Martinez-Lopez, celebrated the expansion of Veteran health care and their VA-Department of Defense partnership Friday, Feb. 23 at the Fort Campbell VA Clinic ribbon cutting ceremony.

    A group of VA and DOD officials cut a large red ribbon at the new Fort Campbell VA Clinic ceremony

  • Tennessee Valley Healthcare System (TVHS) hosted a PACT Act event in Chattanooga in December to provide Veterans and their families with details about the program.

    TVHS hosts PACT Act event in Chattanooga.

  • NASHVILLE, Tenn. – VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System (TVHS) is recognizing and honoring hospitalized Veterans from Feb. 11 -17 during National Salute to Veteran Patients Week.

  • Since 2019, VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System (TVHS) has offered Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell Therapy, also known as CAR T-cell therapy, to Veterans across the country with more than 57 procedures performed.  

    Microscope

  • Veterans Canteen Service (VCS) teams received recognition for their contributions and dedications in recent coining ceremonies hosted by Tennessee Valley Healthcare System (TVHS) executive leadership at both the Nashville VA Medical Center and Alvin C. York VA Medical Center.

    Edward Payton shakes hands with Tierra Coleman and Max Beasley.

  • Growing up, Army Veteran Thomas Mason always cared for his grandmother – a diabetic whom he sought to wrap in love and comfort as he helped her with a daily medical regimen.

    A quilt being sewn together.