When Veterans visit the VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic in Youngstown, Ohio, they look forward to taking a stroll down the “Hall of Honor” and locating a medal they received while in uniform. Hundreds of military medals and badges in framed shadow boxes line the main hall, one of the most unique displays of military memorabilia among VA clinics in the country. Read the full story
Monthly Archives: July 2010
VA Psychiatrist Named One of America’s Top Doctors for Fifth Time
For the fifth year in a row a physician at the Houston VA Medical Center has been named one of ‘America’s Top Doctors’ by a leading health care company that rates physicians nationally. For his work in treating drug addiction, Dr. Thomas R. Kosten, senior advisor on substance abuse at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center in Houston, was recently named one of ‘America’s Top Doctors’ for the fifth time by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. Read the full story
Female Veterans of Today Facing Vastly Different Health Issues Than Their Predecessors
Veteran Celebrates 100th Birthday
Sam Domino, 100-year-old Marine veteran who served as valet to Admiral Chester W. Nimitz,”loved the Corps.” He spent 27 years in the Marine Corps including five years on Okinawa. Read the full story



