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VA Puget Sound Health Care System
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1660 S. Columbian Way
Seattle, WA 98108-1597
Phone: 800-329-8387 or 206-762-1010
Fax: 206-764-2224
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VA Puget Sound Health Care System is the largest referral medical center in the Northwest Network and is part of the Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 20, which includes facilities in Anchorage, Boise, Portland, Roseburg, Spokane, Seattle/Tacoma, Walla Walla, and White City. VISN 20 comprises 23% of the US landmass. During this past year, VA Puget Sound logged over 600,000 outpatient visits and more than 8,318 inpatient treatments for close to 60,000 unique patients.

AFFILIATIONS

 Authorized Beds 

504         Total Beds

          230         Acute Care 
          131         Nursing Home Care Unit

            60         Domiciliary
            15         Blind Rehab

            30         Residential Rehab (PRRTP)

            38         Spinal Cord

 Note: Total Operating Beds = 283 beds and includes Spinal Cord, Acute Care, Blind Rehab.

TYPE OF FACILITY
Primary and Tertiary (Specialty) Care. Nursing home components at both divisions- a rehabilitation focused nursing home unit at Seattle and a longer-term nursing home unit and Dementia unit at American Lake.


SPECIAL PROGRAMS

     Alzheimer’s Disease

     Arthritis

     Audiology & Speech Pathology

     Blind Rehabilitation

     Bone Marrow Transplantation

Cardiology
Comprehensive Cancer Care

     Dementia Care

     Dental Care

     Deployment Health Clinic
     Dermatology

     Dialysis

     Endocrinology

     Ex-Prisoner of War Programs

Gastroenterology
General Internal Medicine
Geriatric Care

     Hematology

     Homeless Veteran Program

     Infectious Disease

     Mental Health

     Minority Veterans Outreach Programs

     Multiple Sclerosis

     Nephrology

     Neurology

     Nursing Home Care

     Oncology

     Ophthalmology & Optometry

Otolaryngology
Physical & Occupational Therapy

     Palliative Care

     Parkinson's Disease

     Podiatry

     Post Traumatic Stress Disorders

     Primary Care

     Prosthetics & Amputation Therapy Programs

     Pulmonary Medicine

     Radiology

     Radiation Oncology

     Readjustment Counseling

     Recreation Therapy

     Rehabilitation Medicine 

     Spinal Cord Injury Treatment

     Substance Abuse Treatment

     Surgery *

     Urology

     Women’s Health

 

     *   Includes Cardiac, General, Orthopedic,
Neurological, Plastic, Thoracic, Vascular

 

 

VA Puget Sound has active affiliations with the University of Washington Medical School.  Over 500 University residents, interns, and students are trained at VA Puget Sound each year.  There are also many nursing school affiliations and more than 50 additional educational institution affiliations in dentistry, pharmacy, social work, and psychology.  VA Puget Sound trains over 1000 allied health care professionals each year.