The Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) is located on a 20-acre site in an exclusive residential area of Erie, overlooking the city and Presque Isle Bay. The Erie VAMC is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations. The Medical Center is a general medical and surgical facility that provides a full range of primary care services. An outpatient Behavioral Health Clinic provides individual and group counseling services, PTSD, substance abuse, suicide prevention, and chronically mental illness treatment. The Medical Center supports a Geriatrics & Extended Care program with Community Living Centers, respite, hospice, rehabilitation, home based primary care, and geriatric and evaluation management services.
The mission of the Medical Center “to maintain and improve the health and well-being of veterans by providing state-of-the-art comprehensive healthcare in a professional and pleasant environment” has dominated the organization’s culture in such a way that everything we do is directly linked to our mission. We understand that our responsibility goes beyond serving the veteran, we are serving families and the community as well.
Consistent with recent nationwide health care trends, the Erie VA Medical Center has experienced a decrease in inpatient admissions coupled with a significant increase in outpatient services. We also recognize that quality health care should be available in our local communities. To that end, we offer healthcare in five community based outpatient clinics in Ashtabula, OH; Meadville, PA; Smethport, PA; Warren, PA; and Oil City, PA. The veteran response has been very gratifying and the clinics continue to grow.
The Erie VA Medical Center also has a Veterans Benefits Counselor on site to assist with filing claims for veterans benefits.
Our unifying goal as employees, volunteers and stakeholders of the Erie VA Medical Center is excellence in service to veterans. To support this philosophy, we intend to secure the future through the development of strong ongoing relationships among our patients, our providers, and the communities we serve.
Veterans benefit from a Veterans Outreach Center located in City of Erie that provides counseling to veterans and their families with post-traumatic stress disorder.
Audiology and Speech Pathology
Behavioral Health
Cardiology
CAT Scan
Clinical Pharmacology
Community Living Centers
Day Treatment Program
Dental
Cooperative Health Education Program
GEM Program
Home Based Primary Care
Hospice Program
Intensive Care
Oncology
Optometry
Orthopedic, Urology, and General Surgery
Outpatient Substance Abuse Program
Podiatry
Pulmonary
Primary Care
Psychiatry
Rehabilitation Medicine
Respite Care
Tele-health Care
Ultrasound
Veterans Outreach Program
Women Veterans Program
Wound Care
The following Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOC) come under this facility:
Ashtabula County Clinic (562GB)
1230 Lake Avenue
Ashtabula, OH 44004
(440) 964-6454
(800) 274-8387
Crawford County Clinic (562GA)
18955 Park Avenue Plaza
Meadville, PA 16335
M-F 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
(814) 337-0170
(800) 274-8387
McKean County Clinic (562GC)
Smethport Family Practice
406 Franklin Street
Smethport, PA 16749
(814) 887-5655
(800) 274-8387
Warren County Clinic (562GE)
Farm Colony Professional Building
3 Farm Colony Drive, Suite B
Warren, PA 16365
(814) 723-9763
(800) 274-8387
Venango County Clinic (562GD)
UPMC Northwest, Oil City Campus
174 East Bissell Avenue
Oil City, PA 16301
(814) 677-7591
(800) 274-8387
