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OEF/OIF Veterans Rally

Come join us at the OEF/OIF Veterans Rally. The Memphis VAMC is providing those who served with opportunities to learn more and enroll in the benefits they deserve, look at job and education...

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Discovering the Future

A national publication recently featured the inspiring story of Veteran Anthony Smith and shares his success starting a Martial Arts School.

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Fulfilling Our Obligation to the Caregiver: It's Time for Action

Family caregivers provide the bulk of care given to the more than 5 million persons with Alzheimer disease in the United States. To assist caregivers the VA is expanding support with Resources for...

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Teaching Today's Providers for Tomorrow's Care

Always looking for new ideas, in 2009 the Office of Rural Health established the Rural Health Professions Institute at Mountain Home VA Medical Center to develop the VA’s rural workforce.

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VA Memphis Reaches Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) Veteran in Rural Arkansas

Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) Veteran Anthony Smith and Arkansas native is receiving his medical, physical, and recreational therapy at the Memphis VA Medical Center.

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Honoring our Veterans

Veterans Day 2011 was a day to remember and celebrate our Veterans. Here we take a quick look at the Memphis Veterans Day Parade and the Veterans Day Ceremony held at the Memphis National Cemetery.

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National Salute to Hospitalized Veterans

Each year during the week of February 14, the Memphis Veterans Affairs Medical Center expands its usual role in serving Veterans by joining in the nationwide recognition of National Salute to...

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Wall-to-Wall Cross Country Bicycle Ride

The Wall-to-Wall Cross Country Bicycle Ride that started at the Wall of Valor in Bakersfield, CA and is ending at the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C. passed through Memphis, TN.

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Environmental Control Units (ECU) Innovation

A Memphis VAMC employee submitted an idea for reducing cost and improving patient care in the Spinal Cord Injury Unit through the implementation of Environmental Control Units (ECU). The innovation was...

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Memphis VA Medical Center Makes Joint Commission’s 2012 List

The Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) in Memphis, Tennessee has been named among the 620 hospitals Top Performers on Key Quality Measures in Improving America's Hospitals: The Joint Commission...

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Blues Entertainer Bobby Rush visiting the Memphis VAMC

Legendary Blues entertainer, Bobby Rush, will visit with Veterans at the VA Medical Center in Memphis, TN on Wednesday, September 26th.

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Multiple Sclerosis Study Grant is Awarded

Memphis VAMC Researcher, Michael Levin, MD, has received a $650,000 grant to study multiple sclerosis (MS). The federal funds will be used to study how the MS patient's own antibodies attack nerve...

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Memphis Baseball - Military Appreciation Weekend

The Memphis Tigers will host "Military Appreciation Weekend" as they take on the Houston Cougars at FedExPark March 29th - 31st.

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E-Donate Is Simple, Speedy, Safe

The new E-Donate service allows community members who wish to give back to Veterans a quick, safe way to pledge their support online. You choose the medical center, the amount, and the account.

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We’ve Re-Designed Our Entire Website for You!

Our new look is designed to help you easily access information with easy-to-use navigation. You told us in our customer satisfaction surveys that you wanted your information in a fresh and up-to-date...

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Nurse Recruitment Job Fair

The VA Medical Center at Memphis will be holding a Nurse Recruitment Job Fair on Saturday, June 1st, 2013 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The Job Fair will be held in the Hospital Theater, on the second...

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Veteran Centered Living Summer 2013

Veteran Centered Living is a new quarterly magazine, published by the Department of Veterans Affairs MidSouth Healthcare Network (VISN 9). Copies are available at the Memphis VAMC or you can view it...

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Veteran Centered Living Fall 2013

Veteran Centered Living is a new quarterly magazine, published by the Department of Veterans Affairs MidSouth Healthcare Network (VISN 9). Copies are available at the Memphis VAMC or you can view it...

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Flu Shots for Veterans

The Memphis VA Medical Center is offering Flu Shots for Veterans. The Walk-In Flu Clinic will be held October 7th - November 15th, and a Drive-Thru Flu Clinic will be held October 15th - 17th.

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VAST-D Depression Study

Are you still depressed despite taking antidepressant medication? You may qualify for a research study that involves changing your current medication or adding one of two other medications.

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