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Patriotism Knows No Gender

Patriotism Knows No Gender
Open for almost 14 years, the Women’s Health Center at the DeBakey VA is a “one-stop shop” for women Veterans to obtain routine primary care, gynecological services, patient and family education, and preventive medicine. (read more)

New Parking Lot Opens at Houston VA; 4 More on Horizon

New Parking Lot Opens at Houston VA; 4 More on Horizon
Parking capacity on the VA complex will increase by more than 500 parking spaces before summer begins. (read more)

Houston VA Docs Refuse to Give Up on Veteran with High-Risk, Difficult Cardiac Case

Houston VA Docs Refuse to Give Up on Veteran with High-Risk, Difficult Cardiac Case
Health care providers used a multidisciplinary approach to successfully treat a 61-year-old Army Veteran who had tried to get help from two premiere cardiovascular, non-VA institutes in the past. (read more)

New Veterans Court Created

New Veterans Court Created
Houston VA helps create a courts system specifically designed to pull non-violent Veterans with combat-related PTSD and other mental health issues out of the criminal justice system and into treatment. (read more)

DeBakey VA Opens ‘Welcome Center’ for Returning Combat Veterans

DeBakey VA Opens ‘Welcome Center’ for Returning Combat Veterans
The DeBakey VA opened a new Post-Deployment Clinic in Suite 1B-373. (read more)


New Richmond VA Outpatient Clinic Opens May 14

New Richmond VA Outpatient Clinic Opens May 14
Located at 22001 Southwest Freeway, Suite 200, Richmond, Tx. 77469, a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony will take place at 10 a.m. that day. (read more)

9 Years Straight, Houston VA Achieves Consistently Low Surgical Mortality Rates

9 Years Straight, Houston VA Achieves Consistently Low Surgical Mortality Rates
The DeBakey VA has been recognized for demonstrating consistently low observed-to-expected mortality rates in general surgery, all surgery, and all non-cardiac surgery. (read more)

Pivotal study could establish new standard of care for preventing surgical-site infections

Pivotal study could establish new standard of care for preventing surgical-site infections
Patients, whose surgeons use chlorhexidine-alcohol rather than povidone-iodine to cleanse their skin before surgery, are approximately 40 percent less likely to experience surgical-site infections. (read more)

DeBakey VA Offers New Versatile Technology for Cancer Patients

DeBakey VA Offers New Versatile Technology for Cancer Patients
The DeBakey VA is home to a new Varian Trilogy linear accelerator, considered one of the most versatile cancer treatment devices available in the field of radiation therapy. (read more)

78 Houston VA Docs Listed as

78 Houston VA Docs Listed as "Best Doctors" in the Nation
MEDVAMC boasts 37 staff physicians on Best Doctors list plus 41 consultants and attending physicians. (read more)

 
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Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center

Michael E. DeBakey
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