Located at 700 South 18th Street, the Birmingham VA Medical Center is a 313-bed facility that provides acute tertiary medical and surgical care to veterans of Alabama and surrounding states. Care is provided in practically all medical and surgical specialties. Special programs include Open Heart Surgery, Neurosurgery, Chemotherapy, Nuclear Medicine, Mental Health Clinic, Home Based Primary Care, and the Southeastern Blind Rehabilitation Center. Most staff physicians have joint appointments with VA and its primary affiliation, University of Alabama at Birmingham. The VA Hospital operates six community based outpatient clinics in north Alabama.

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