Veterans serving in the civil war first came to the VA grounds for care in May 1867, and the VA has been providing world-class healthcare ever since.
Quick Facts
- Located on 245 acres on the western edge of Milwaukee and part of VA Integrated Services Network 12 (VISN 12), which includes facilities in Iron Mountain, Michigan; Tomah and Madison, Wisconsin; and North Chicago, Hines, and Chicago, Illinois
- Delivers primary, secondary, and tertiary medical care in 196 hospital beds
- Special programs include interventional radiology, cardiac surgery, comprehensive cancer care including radiation therapy, a Spinal Cord Injury Unit, and, in long term care, a Geriatric Evaluation and Management Program and a palliative care program
- Features a 5,000-square-foot simulation center that houses a high-fidelity transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) simulator
Milwaukee VA Medical Center by the Numbers
- Serves more than 64,000 veterans annually
- Approximately 2,000 patients receive anesthesia services in most recent academic year
- Eight anesthetizing locations in the OR and five out-of-OR
- Supports 22 trainee positions that include anesthesiology interns, residents, and fellows in Pain Medicine, Critical Care and Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology