The VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System (VAAAHS) provides high quality, cost effective tertiary care to veterans residing in lower Michigan and northwestern Ohio. Primary and secondary care is provided at the Ann Arbor facility and its Community-based outpatient clinics (CBOC) in Toledo, Ohio, and Jackson and Flint, Michigan. VAAAHS treats nearly 40,000 veterans; approximately one-third of veterans treated reside in Ann Arbor's primary service area, and the other two-thirds come for specialty care from outlying counties. During FY05, approximately 277,800 outpatient visits were provided. VAAAHS operates 98 acute beds, 45 extended care beds, and 12 hemodialysis stations. Affiliated with the University of Michigan School of Medicine, all VAAAHS physicians hold joint faculty appointments at the University. An extensive research program is ongoing in clinical, basic science, health services, and rehabilitation, with an annual research budget of approximately $10.6 million, plus additional external funding primarily from NIH. The VAAAHS supports a Health Services Research and Development (HSR&D) Program, and a Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC).

Affiliations:

The University of Michigan (Schools of Medicine, Dentistry, Social Work, Nursing, Public Health, and more than 40 other colleges and universities.

Authorized Beds:

100 Hospital
38 Nursing Home

Type of Facility

General Medicine & Surgery
Tertiary Care Referral Center

Special Programs

Alcohol/Substance Abuse
Cardiac Surgery and Catheterization
Cochlear Implantation
Computerized Axial Tomography
Hemodialysis
Intensive Psychiatric Community Care
Linear Accelerator
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Neurosurgery
Nuclear Medicine Network
Nursing Home Care Unit
Outpatient Spinal Cord Injury
Positron Emission Tomography
Visual Impaired Services Team