The Minneapolis VA Medical Center is an affiliated teaching hospital which serves as the tertiary referral center for the Veterans Integrated Service Network 23. It has 237 acute care diagnostic and treatment beds, as well as a 104-bed extended care unit. The medical center provides primary, specialty, mental and behavioral health, and extended care and rehabilitative care to over 80,000 veteran patients in 2005.
It has one of the largest education and training programs in the VA system. Approximately 496 residents and 237 medical students involved in education and training programs at the facility each year. They are affiliated with the University of Minnesota Schools of Medicine and Dentistry. In conjunction with affiliations, residency-training programs exist in all of the medical, surgical, psychiatric, oral surgery and diagnostic specialties and subspecialties. The medical center has their own accredited hospital based training programs for Radiology Technicians and Dental residents.

AFFILIATIONS

The MVAMC has professional and technical education affiliations with 63 universities and colleges to provide health training in 36 programs. Listed are some major affiliations.

University of Minnesota Medical and Dental School
St. Catherine College
University of St. Thomas
Minneapolis Community and Technical College
Normandale Community College
University of Minnesota
Century College

AUTHORIZED BEDS

237
 

TYPE OF FACILITY

Tertiary Care

SPECIAL PROGRAMS

Brain Sciences Center
Domenici Research Center 
       Magnetoencephalography Instrument (MEG)
Cardiac Surgery Program
Center for Chronic Disease Outcomes Research (CCDOR)
Chronic Hepatitis C Clinic
Geriatric Research, and Education Clinical Center (GRECC)
Intensive Weight Management Program
Orthopedics
Polytrauma Center
Traumatic Brain Injury Center of Excellence
Women's Comprehensive Care Clinic

Centers in Progress

Spinal Cord Injury Center

The following Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) come under this facility:

Hibbing, MN
Hibbing Clinic
1101 East 37th Street Suite 220
Hibbing, MN 55746
Phone: 218-263-9698
Fax: 218-262-1915

South Central
St. James Medical Center and VA Clinic
1101 Moultin and Parsons Drive
St. James, MN 56081
Phone: 507-375-3391

Chippewa Falls, WI
Chippewa Valley Clinic
2503 & 2505 County Highway I
Chippewa Falls, WI 74729
Phone: (715) 720-3780
Fax: (715) 720-3781

Maplewood, MN
Maplewood Clinic
2785 White Bear Avenue
Maplewood, MN 55109
Phone: (651) 290-3040
Fax: (651) 290-3037

Rochester, MN
Rochester Clinic
3900 55th Street NW
Rochester, MN 55901
Phone: (507) 252-0885
Fax: (507) 529-8452

Rice Lake, WI 
Rice Lake CBOC
2700A College Drive
Rice Lake, WI  54843
Phone:  (715) 236-3355

Hayward, WI
Hayward Outreach Center
15954 River's Edge Drive
Hayward, WI 54843
Phone: (715) 236-3355
 

Superior, WI
Twin Ports Clinic
3520 Tower Avenue
Superior, WI 54880
Phone: (715) 392-9711
Fax: (715) 398-2923