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James J. Peters VA Medical Center
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Total Number Of Beds : 431
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About Our Facility
In November of 2004 the President signed Public Law 108422 officially renaming the Bronx VA Medical Center after longtime veterans advocate James J Peters who served over 30 years as Executive Director of the Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association now United Spinal Association On September 26th 2005 the medical center was officially renamed in honor of James J Peters
The James J Peters VAMC is a tertiary care facility classified as a Clinical Referral Level 1 Facility It is a teaching hospital providing a full range of patient care services with stateoftheart technology as well as education and research Comprehensive health care is provided through primary care tertiary care and longterm care in areas of medicine surgery psychiatry physical medicine and rehabilitation neurology oncology dentistry geriatrics and extended care The James J Peters VAMC is a part of VA Network 3 which includes facilities in Brooklyn Castle Point Manhattan Montrose Northport St Albans Queens New York and East Orange and Lyons New Jersey
The James J Peters VAMC has 311 authorized hospital beds and 120 nursing home beds and operates several regional referral points including Spinal Cord Injury SCI and VISN referrals for MedicalSurgical subspecialties For example the James J Peters VAMC SCI Patient Care Center is the referral point for VISNs 2 3 and 4 as well as Department of Defense DOD new SCI patients
The James J Peters VAMC provides a broad range of inpatient and outpatient health care services and also has four Community Based Outpatient Clinics CBOCs in Yonkers White Plains South Bronx and Queens serving Bronx Northern Queens and Westchester counties We also serve VA Hudson Valley Health Care System patients with acute care needs and referrals to subspecialty clinics
Additionally the James J Peters VAMC serves as home to the Network 3 Telephone Triage service This system staffed by Registered Nurses and available 24hours a day provides telephone helpline service for veteran patients of 36 VA medical centers in VISNs 3 4 6 19 and 8 for emergency back up only This is the only VA telephone care program that is nationally accredited
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