For appointments or medication:  (800) 379-8387

The Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center provides care to over 95,000 veterans each year in northern Ohio, through two inpatient facilities, twelve community based outpatient clinics and three vet centers. The medical center has been recognized for more programs of clinical excellence than any other VAMC: Open Heart Surgery, Care of the Seriously Mentally Ill, Geriatric Evaluation and Management, Substance Abuse Care, Spinal Cord Injury Care, Medical Care of the Homeless, and Domiciliary Care of the Homeless. The medical center is the site of a research center of excellence in Functional Electrical Stimulation. The medical center hosts the offices of the VA Regional Counsel, the National Office of Information Service Center, the Office of Resolution Management, and the Chief, Podiatry Services for the VA

Access points for care include inpatient/outpatient care in Cleveland (Wade Park) and Brecksville; outpatient care in Akron, Canton, East Liverpool/Calcutta Lorain, Mansfield, Cleveland (McCafferty), New Philadelphia, Painesville, Ravenna, Sandusky, Warren, and Youngstown; and three vet centers in the Cleveland metropolitan area.

Research programs are funded at more than $20 million annually. 

Affiliations

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University School of Dentistry
Case Western Reserve University Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing

More than 1,000 students, trainees, residents, and fellows are trained at the medical center each year, encompassing 26 disciplines and involving 50 affiliations with schools, colleges, and universities.
 

Authorized Beds

Total 683
Medical, surgical and Spinal Cord Injury 214
Community Living Center (Nursing Home Care) 190
Domiciliary 174
Psychiatry (Mental Health) 54
Psychosocial Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program (PRRTP) 51

Type of Facility

Two division consolidated, tertiary

Special Programs:

• Open Heart Surgery
• Care of the Seriously Mentally Ill
• Geriatric Research Education and Care Center
• Substance Abuse Care
• Women's Health Programs
• Hemodialysis
• Center for Stress Recovery
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Radiation Therapy
• HIV/AIDS Care
• Nuclear Medicine
• Pathology Reference Laboratory
• Sleep Disorder Program
• Functional Electrical Stimulation
• Spinal Cord Injury Care
  
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Reviewed/Updated Date: January 29, 2010