San Francisco VA Medical Center from the Marin Headlands

The San Francisco VA Medical Center, also called the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center or the SFVAMC, is a

Veterans Affairs medical center The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is the component of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) led by the Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health that implements the healthcare program of the VA through a nationa ...

, located in

San Francisco San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17t ...

. The main facility is on 42nd Avenue and Clement Street at the former Fort Miley Military Reservation in the Richmond District.SFVAMC.gov: San Francisco VA Medical Center − Directions
/ref> Fort Miley is located south of the Golden Gate and west of the

San Francisco Presidio The Presidio of San Francisco (originally, El Presidio Real de San Francisco or The Royal Fortress of Saint Francis) is a park and former U.S. Army post on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula in San Francisco, California, and is part ...

, on Point Lobos (San Francisco) surrounded by the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. SFVAMC has the largest funded research program in the Veterans Health Administration with $90.2 million in research expenditures (2015).SFVAMC.gov: About the San Francisco VA Medical Center
. accessed 12.1.2015. The current Medical Center Director is Bonnie S. Graham. It serves as a teaching hospital for the UCSF School of Medicine.

History

The SFVAMC was founded in 1934. Community-based outpatient clinics have been opened by the SFVAMC. They include: *San Francisco VA Downtown Clinic – primary medical care, comprehensive homeless center, psychosocial and health care services. *Clearlake VA Clinic, Clearlake *Eureka VA Clinic, Eureka *San Bruno VA Clinic,

San Bruno San Bruno (Spanish for " St. Bruno") is a city in San Mateo County, California, United States, incorporated in 1914. The population was 43,908 at the 2020 United States Census. The city is between South San Francisco and Millbrae, adjacent to ...

*Santa Rosa VA Clinic,

Santa Rosa Santa Rosa is the Italian, Portuguese and Spanish name for Saint Rose. Santa Rosa may also refer to: Places Argentina * Santa Rosa, Mendoza, a city * Santa Rosa, Tinogasta, Catamarca * Santa Rosa, Valle Viejo, Catamarca *Santa Rosa, La Pampa * S ...

*Ukiah VA Clinic, Ukiah

Achievements

SFVAMC has several National Centers of Excellence in the areas of:

Epilepsy Epilepsy is a group of non-communicable neurological disorders characterized by recurrent epileptic seizures. Epileptic seizures can vary from brief and nearly undetectable periods to long periods of vigorous shaking due to abnormal electrica ...

treatment; Cardiac surgery;

Posttraumatic stress disorder Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental and behavioral disorder that can develop because of exposure to a traumatic event, such as sexual assault, warfare, traffic collisions, child abuse, domestic violence, or other threat ...

; HIV; and

Renal dialysis Kidney dialysis (from Greek , , 'dissolution'; from , , 'through', and , , 'loosening or splitting') is the process of removing excess water, solutes, and toxins from the blood in people whose kidneys can no longer perform these functions natura ...

. The SFVAMC's "Telephone Linked Care Program" is accredited by the URAC.

Partnerships

SFVAMC has been affiliated with the

University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine The UCSF School of Medicine is the medical school of the University of California, San Francisco and is located at the base of Mount Sutro on the Parnassus Heights campus in San Francisco, California. Founded in 1864 by Hugh Toland, it is th ...

(UCSF) for over 50 years. All physicians are jointly recruited by SFVAMC and UCSF School of Medicine. The Northern California Institute of Research and Education is an independent non-profit research organization which is resident in the SFVAMC grounds. The

City College of San Francisco City College of San Francisco (CCSF or City College) is a public community college in San Francisco, California. Founded as a junior college in 1935, the college plays an important local role, annually enrolling as many as one in nine San Franc ...

partnered with the SFVAMC to set up a veterans affairs health office on campus to target students using the G.I. Bill. The pilot program was reviewed by

Craig Newmark Craig Alexander Newmark (born December 6, 1952) is an American internet entrepreneur and philanthropist best known as the founder of the classifieds website Craigslist. Prior to founding Craigslist, he worked as a computer programmer for compani ...

in the

San Francisco Chronicle The ''San Francisco Chronicle'' is a newspaper serving primarily the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California. It was founded in 1865 as ''The Daily Dramatic Chronicle'' by teenage brothers Charles de Young and Michael H. de Young. The pa ...

, who stated that it is a good model for delivering healthcare services to young veterans nationwide.

References

External links

*
Northern California Institute of Research and Education
{{Authority control Hospitals in San Francisco Veterans Affairs medical facilities Richmond District, San Francisco Hospital buildings completed in 1934 Hospital buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in California Government buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in San Francisco Teaching hospitals in California 1934 establishments in California