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The Syracuse VA Medical Center is a University affiliated teaching and tertiary care facility located at the geographic center of upstate New York. It is located in the heart of Syracuse directly adjacent to the campuses of the State University of New York (SUNY) Upstate Medical University and Syracuse University. The Center provides healthcare services to over 40,000 veteran men and women who reside in the 13-county area of Central; New York.
Sites of Care
The facility opened in 1953, has since been expanded, and is currently operating and supporting eight additional Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) located in Auburn, Binghamton, Carthage, Cortland, Ithaca, Massena, Oswego and Rome. Each outpatient clinic provides for both complete Primary Care and Mental Health Programs.
The Syracuse VA Medical Center also has a Community Care Center located in leased space in Syracuse. The Center houses several outpatient mental health programs to include a Community Day Program, Mental health Intensive Case Management Program, Health Care of Homeless Veteran’s Program, and Vocational Services.
Affiliations
The Syracuse VA Medical Center is academically affiliated both physically and functionally with the State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Health Science Center at the Syracuse College of Medicine. Affiliation and participation range from various programs to include health sciences including dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, physical and occupational therapy, psychiatry, psychology, social work and healthcare administration. Over 750 University residents, interns, and students are trained at the Syracuse VA Medical Center each year.
There are also nursing student affiliations with University Hospital and the Crouse School of Nursing, Syracuse University for social workers, audiologists, and speech pathologists, Le Moyne College for physician assistants, Union College in Albany for Pharmacy residents, and several universities across the country for psychology interns.
Various sharing agreements exist for which there is collaboration in other areas such as Radiation Therapy, Professional Radiology Services, Sleep Lab, Electron Microscopy, and the Cardiac Catherization Lab.
Authorized Beds - 235
185 authorized hospital beds
50 authorized Transitional/Nursing Home Care Unit Beds
- A newly funded 30-bed construction project for a Spinal Cord Injury Center has been approved and is projected for completion by 2011.
Type of Facility
University affiliated Tertiary Care
Special Programs
The Syracuse VA Medical Center, a tertiary care facility supporting 13 counties, and located in central New York, provides acute and comprehensive medical, neurological, surgical, oncology, rehabilitation, geriatrics, extended and or long-term care services, and psychiatric inpatient and outpatient care programs. A state-of-the-art Emergency Department is also on site.
In 2005, Syracuse was selected as the VISN 2 preferred site for the Polytrauma Network Site, providing long-term rehabilitative care to veterans and service members who experience severe injuries to the brain, or to more than one organ system. Syracuse also maintains a CARF-accredited inpatient acute rehabilitation Unit, an accredited Prosthetic and Orthotic Lab, a driver training program, tele-health capabilities, and a full range of ancillary and clinical resources. Remote tele-psychiatry services are available to the ROME CBOC, as well as to active personnel and dependents from the Fort Drum (10th Mountain Division). Syracuse also houses the recently added Supported Employment Program for veterans with Serious Mental Illness.
A new Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Center has recently been awarded. Construction has been scheduled to begin in 2008 with a projected completio
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