The VA Pacific Islands Health Care System serves veterans in the Pacific Basin, a geographic service area of 4.8 million square miles. Affiliated with the University of Hawaii and Tripler Army Medical Center (TAMC), the Spark M. Matsunaga Medical Center in a state-of-the-art facility, provides diagnostic, medical, mental health, and specialty care outpatient treatment.  Care is provided from its main clinic on Oahu and through five community based outpatient clinics in the Hawaiian Islands and Guam. Additionally, at a 16-bed Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) residential rehabilitation center, veterans receive unique PTSD treatment and education. VA also operates a 60-bed Center for Aging (nursing home) in Honolulu. Currently, hospitalization is provided through a sharing agreement with TAMC and community hospitals. A 19-bed VA-staffed psychiatric ward operates at TAMC facility.

Affiliations

John A. Burns School of Medicine University of Hawaii at Manoa

Type of Facility

Regional Office and VA Medical Center

Special Programs

Primary Care Clinics in Hawaiian Islands (Hawaii, Hilo/Kona, Kauai, Maui)
Outpatient Clinic on Guam
Day Hospital
Clinic-based Home Care
Substance Abuse
Rehabilitation Program
PTSD Clinical Team
PTSD Research
Psychiatric Evaluation Team
Pacific Center for PTSD
PTSD Residential Rehabilitation Program