Located on a 70 - acre campus situated at the foot of the rugged Wasatch Mountains and overlooking the city below, the George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center is a 121 - bed tertiary care facility serving veterans residing within a 25,000 square mile primary service area within VISN 19. It is closely affiliated with the University of Utah School of Medicine, which is physically located adjacent to the Medical Center. Salt Lake City offers all of the traditional services plus specialty areas such as pathology, radiology, neurology, nuclear medicine, psychiatry, and open heart surgery, including cardiac transplantation.

A toll-free phone number 1-(800) 613-4012 is available for Utah, Nevada, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana and Colorado only.

AFFILIATIONS 

University of Utah School of Medicine
Brigham Young University
Utah State University
Weber State University
Westminster College

AUTHORIZED BEDS

121 Active Hospital

TYPE OF FACILITY

Tertiary Care

SPECIAL PROGRAMS

Geriatric Evaluation and Management Program
Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center (GRECC)
Information Resources Management Field Office
Organ Transplantation (specializing in heart transplantation)
Salt Lake Education Center

Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) and Outreach Clinic:

Fountain Green, Utah
(Satellite office for the Nephi, CBOC)
South Central CBOC
300 West 300 South
Fountain Green, UT  84632
Phone: (435) 623-3129

Nephi, Utah
South Central CBOC
Central Valley Medical Center
48 West 1500 North
Nephi, UT  84648
Phone: (435) 623-3129

Ogden, Utah
VA Outpatient Clinic
982 Chambers Street
South Ogden, UT  84403
Phone: (801) 479-4105

Orem, Utah
VA Outpatient Clinic
Timpanogos Regional Hospital
Timpanogos Medical Office Bldg.
740 West 800 North, Suite 440 (4th floor)
Orem, UT  84057-3658
Phone: (801) 235-0953

Roosevelt, Utah
Uintah Basin Medical Center
210 West 300 North (75-2)
Roosevelt, UT  84066-2336
Phone: (435) 725-2082

St. George, Utah
VA Outpatient Clinic
1067 East Tabernacle, Suite #7
St. George, UT  84770
Phone: (435) 634-7608, ext. 6000

Pocatello, Idaho
Pocatello Outpatient Clinic
444 Hospital Way, Suite 801
Pocatello, ID  83201
Phone: (208) 232-6214

Elko, Nevada
Elko Outreach Clinic
762 14th Street
Elko, NV  89801
Phone: (775) 753-2014 (direct to Outreach Clinic) or
(800) 613-4012, ext. 2575 (for appointments) toll-free in Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Colorado and Wyoming.

Ely, Nevada
William Bee Ririe Rural Health Clinic
#6 Steptoe Circle
Ely, NV  89301
Phone: (775) 289-3612