Providence VA Medical Center

About the Providence VA Medical Center, Rhode Island About Providence VA Medical Center The Providence VA Medical Center is dedicated to providing high quality comprehensive outpatient and inpatient health care to Veterans residing in Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts. Each veteran who comes to the Medical Center for care is assured personalized care by a team of health care providers. A Primary Care Provider coordinates each patient's medical care, patient education needs and referrals to any of the medical centers 32 subspecialty clinics. The Medical Center's Ambulatory Care Program is supported by a general medical, surgical, and psychiatric inpatient facility fully-accredited by the Joint Commission. The medical center delivers a broad range of services in medicine, surgery, and behavioral sciences and is currently operating 73 beds. Veterans can also avail themselves of primary care and some specialty services at the VA Community-Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOC) in New Bedford, MA, Hyannis, MA, and in Middletown, RI. The medical center has approximately 150 board certified physicians and a total of 1038 full-time equivalent employees who complete the health care delivery team of professional, technical, administrative, and support personnel. Nationally and internationally recognized clinical research activities enhance patient care in health services, dermatology, mental health treatment, pulmonary/vascular, rehabilitation, post-traumatic stress disorder, and alcoholism and drug abuse. Academic Affiliations and Partnerships ** Brown Alpert Medical School ** The Harvard School of Dental Medicine The University of Rhode Island -** College of Pharmacy University of Rhode Island Industrial Engineering - Systems Redesign Approximately 40 health professional school affiliations Authorized Beds/Operating Beds 119 Authorized/73 Operating Type of Facility General Medical & Surgical Special Programs ADA Recognized Diabetes Patient Self-Management Education Program Center for Restorative and Regenerative Medicine Dialysis General Intensive Care Unit Hospital - Based Home Care Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Clinical Team Respiratory Diseases Speech / Language Pathology Substance Abuse Treatment Program (outpatient) TREP - Targeted Research Enhancement Program VA Regional Office Vascular Research Laboratory Vet Center Veterans Resource and Recovery Center Veterans Transitional Supportive Program (VTSP) Visual Impairment Services Women Veterans Health Program Rhode Island Veterans Cemetery Rhode Island Veterans Home Massachussetts Department of Veterans' Services ** Links will take you outside of the Department of Veterans Affairs Website. VA does not endorse and is not responsible for the content of the linked web site.