Address … 2215 Fuller
Information … (734) 769–7100 or (800) 361–8387
Veterans Crisis Line … (800) 273–8255, press 1
Volunteer services … (734) 845–3467
Website … annarbor.va.gov
Description: Established in 1953, VAAAHS offers state-of-the-art, evidence-based, veteran-centered health care services to veterans living in southeast Michigan and northwest Ohio. The Ann Arbor campus houses 108 acute care inpatient beds, a 40-bed community living center, and a clinical building for outpatient, diagnostic, and surgical services. In FY24, they saw over 79,000 veterans enrolled with VAAAHS, over 740,000 outpatient visits, and nearly 4,900 acute inpatient hospital admissions. VAAAHS includes community-based outpatient clinics in Adrian, Canton, Flint, Howell, Jackson, Findlay, and Toledo.
As the major VA referral facility for the Lower Peninsula, the health system supports numerous specialty programs, including a cardiac center, neurosurgery, hemodialysis, intensive psychiatric care, cochlear implantation, cancer treatment, and diagnostic radiology. Specialized programs for Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans, women veterans, those with spinal cord injuries, former prisoners of war, and others. The Veteran Empowerment and Recovery Center, Mental Health Intensive Care Management, Homeless Outreach, Veterans Justice Outreach, and other programs focus on holistic needs.
The Ann Arbor facility also houses clinical, basic sciences, and health services research programs, and a geriatric research, education, and clinical center. More than 140 VA researchers work on more than 400 projects in cardiovascular disease, cancer, hypertension, and diabetes. A major teaching facility, VAAAHS is affiliated with the U-M Medical School and 40 other colleges and universities and provides training to more than 1,200 people yearly. It employs more than 3,100 staff and has more than 1,200 volunteers.