Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Find everything you need to know about Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Located in Birmingham (AL), this hospital has 151 beds. Check specializations, record the location and contact information to request medical appointment.

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Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center is classified as General medical and surgical and Parent system is Department of Veterans Affairs

• Operated by: Veterans Affairs
• Hospital Type: General medical and surgical
• Number of Beds: 151
• Parent system: Department of Veterans Affairs
• Admissions: 6,212
• Inpatient surgeries: 1,325
• Outpatient visits: 705,029
• Emergency room visits: 11,955
• Births: 0

• Staff Full Time
  • Physicians and dentists: 126
  • Registered nurses: 385
  • Licensed practical nurses: 153
  • Faculty Personnel: NA
• Staff Part Time
  • Physicians and dentists: 52
  • Registered nurses: 7
  • Licensed practical nurses: 2
  • Faculty Personnel: NA

Location & Contact Information

Doctors

• Dr. Ali Ahmed

  Internist

• Dr. Ami E Iskandrian

  Cardiologist

• Dr. Andrew Wilfred Everett

  Ophthalmologist

• Dr. Anita Fay Eason

  Family Medicine Doctor

• Dr. Anthony P Nicholas

  Neurologist

• Dr. Barton L Guthrie

  Neurosurgeon

• Dr. Basem Alkurdi

  Internist

• Dr. Boris Pasche

  Hematologist

• More doctors

Services

Inpatient

• Heart catheterization—diagnostic (adult)
• End-of-life services (Hospice, Pain management and Palliative care)
• Heart surgery (adult)
• Hospitalists
• Infection isolation room
• Heart catheterization—treatment (adult)
• Cancer services
• Psychiatric care (Psychiatric emergency services)

Outpatient

• Bariatric/weight control services
• Certified trauma center
• Chemotherapy
• Dental services
• Heart catheterization—diagnostic (adult)
• Geriatric services
• HIV-AIDS services
• Home health services
• Heart catheterization—treatment (adult)
• Kidney dialysis
• Chemotherapy
• Physical rehabilitation
• Psychiatric services (Consultation, Geriatric services and Outpatient care)
• Sleep center
• Stop-smoking program
• Substance-abuse programs
• Women's health center
• Wound management services

Patient/Family Support Services

• Help with government services
• Chaplaincy/pastoral care services
• Cancer services
• Patient support groups
• Patient representative/ombusdman
• Transportation for elderly/handicapped
• Translation services
• Community Outreach
• Health fairs
• Health screenings

Imaging Services (Diagnostic and Therapeutic)

• CT scanner
• Diagnostic radioisotope facility
• Electron beam CT
• Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
• Multislice spiral CT
• Single photon emission CT
• Ultrasound