Huntington VA Medical Center

Name :

Huntington VA Medical Center

Address  :

1540 Spring Valley Drive

Town  :

Huntington

State  :

West Virginia

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

25704

Phone  :

304 429 6741

Fax  :

304 429 6713

Web URL  :

Specialization
  • Cardiology
  • Cardiothoracic Surgeon
  • ENT
  • Gastro-enterology
  • Hematologist
  • Oncologist
  • Orthopedics
  • Plastic Surgery
  • Podiatry
  • Pulmonology
  • Vascular Surgeon
Facilities

Total Number Of Beds : 80


Description

About the Huntington VA Medical Center
The Huntington VAMC is a fully accredited 80bed acute medical and surgical care facility offering primary care outpatient mental health services and subspecialty outpatient care VA staffed community based outpatient clinics are located in Charleston West Virginia and Prestonsburg Kentucky In addition contract community based outpatient clinics have been established in Logan and Williamson West Virginia

This Medical Center is the principal teaching facility for the Marshall University School of Medicine for undergraduate and postgraduate medical education The medical center is also affiliated with the Pikeville Kentucky School of Osteopathic Medicine Learn More About Our Affiliations

The opening of the Robert C Byrd Clinical Addition in 1993 expanded surgery radiology laboratory cardiology nuclear medicine and rehabilitation medicine services and renovated inpatient care units The medical center completed a 10 million research facility 1998 that houses stateoftheart research laboratories and support facilities Extensive use of community resources as well as contract community nursing homes for posthospitalization care complement our Medical Centers treatment programs




Menthol cigarettes may increase stroke risk study says

WASHINGTON DC WUSA Menthol cigarette smokers are more likely to have a history of stroke than smokers who prefer other types of cigarettes according to a new study published in the April 9 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine Researchers found that menthol cigarette smokers were more than twice as likely to have a stroke than nonmenthol smoke... Read More

Currys ability to fight bowel cancer will be put to the test in rigorous trial

A UK trial is investigating whether a curry ingredient can improve the treatment of patients with advanced bowel cancer Scientists will supplement standard chemotherapy with pills containing curcumin a compound found in the yellow curry spice turmeric Laboratory tests have suggested that curcumin can boost the ability of chemotherapy drugs to k... Read More