Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center

Name :

Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center

Address  :

One Medical Center Drive

Town  :

Clarksburg

State  :

West Virginia

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

26301

Phone  :

304 623 3461

Fax  :

304 626 7026

Web URL  :

Specialization
  • Cardiology
  • Dermatology
  • ENT
  • Gastro-enterology
  • General Surgeon
  • Hematologist
  • Oncologist
  • Ophthalmology
  • Pulmonology
  • Urology
  • Vascular Surgeon
Facilities

Other Facilities

  • Pathology
  • CT/MRI

Description

The Louis A Johnson VA Medical Center is located in Clarksburg West Virginia and serves a veteran population of approximately 70000 in north central West Virginia and adjacent counties in Maryland Ohio and Pennsylvania In FY07 the medical center treated 19554 unique patients through 216090 outpatient visits and 3541 admissions

Inpatient services include acute medicine surgery acute psychiatry Substance Abuse Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program SARRTP PTSD Residential Rehabilitation Program PRRP Psychosocial Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program PRRTP and nursing home care

Outpatient services include ambulatory surgery audiology cardiology dental dermatology diabetes ENT gastroenterology general internal medicine general surgery gynecology hematologyoncology infectious disease nephrology nutrition occupational therapy ophthalmology optometry pain physical therapy podiatry primary care prosthetics behavioral medicine including substance abuse telepsychiatry PTSD etc pulmonology recreation therapy rheumatology social work speech pathology urology and vascular surgery

Ancillary and diagnostic services include CT EKG laboratory MRI nuclear medicine pharmacy radiology respiratory therapy and ultrasound

Community and noninstitutional care services include Contract Nursing Home Homemakers Home Health Aide Adult Day Care Residential Care Respite Hoptel and Care CoordinationHome Telehealth programs
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