James J. Peters VA Medical Center

James J. Peters VA Medical Center
Veterans Health Administration
Geography
Location Kingsbridge, Bronx, New York, United States
Coordinates 40°52′02″N 73°54′22″W / 40.86732525°N 73.90614128°W / 40.86732525; -73.90614128Coordinates: 40°52′02″N 73°54′22″W / 40.86732525°N 73.90614128°W / 40.86732525; -73.90614128
Organization
Care system Veterans Health Administration
Funding Government hospital
Hospital type Teaching
Affiliated university Icahn School of Medicine, North Central Bronx Hospital[1]
Network Veterans Integrated Service Networks 2: VA NY/NJ Veterans Healthcare Network
Services
Beds 311
History
Founded 1922
Links
Website www.bronx.va.gov
Lists Hospitals in New York
Other links Hospitals in The Bronx

The James J. Peters VA Medical Center, (also known as the Bronx Veterans Hospital), is a US Department of Veterans Affairs hospital complex located at 130 West Kingsbridge Road, The Bronx. Opened as United States Veterans' Hospital no. 81 on April 15, 1922.[2][3][4]

Prior to the creation of the Bronx Veterans Hospital, the site was used by the Sisters of Charity of New York as the Bronx Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum.[5][6][7]

The Bronx Veterans hospital was renamed after James J. Peters in 2002.[8] Peters, a US Army veteran, was patient of the Bronx Veterans Hospital who founded several organizations to address the needs of spinal cord injury (SCI) patients, including the United Spinal Association (originally known as the Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association).[9]

The James J. Peters VA Medical Center is the headquarters of the Veterans Integrated Service Networks New York/New Jersey VA Health Care Network ("VISN 2").[10] This network is also the parent network to VA New York Harbor Healthcare System.

The Fisher House Foundation is building two Fisher houses on the James J. Peters VA Medical Center grounds in 2018.[11]

The campus falls under the jurisdiction of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs Police.

Personnel

Sterling and Yalow receiving Middleton Award 1973

Deaths of notable people

Boy's chapel at the Bronx VA Hospital
The original buildings of the Bronx Veterans Hospital centered on the Four Chaplains' Memorial Pool
Overview of the medical campus. The research building is on the right.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "ACGME - Accreditation Data System (ADS) 1403531517 - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Bronx) Program". apps.acgme.org. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "Veterans' Hospital Opens in the Bronx - Archbishop Hayes and Group of Prominent Persons Attend Dedication Exercises - Beds Provided for 1,000 - Radio Consultation Conducted With Physician on Ship Seventy-Five Miles Away". New York Times. April 16, 1922. p. 23. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "About the James J. Peters VA Medical Center". va.gov. United States Department of Veterans Affairs. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  4. ↑ "VA locations". va.gov. United States Department of Veterans Affairs. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  5. ↑ Jenkins, Stephen (1912). The Story of the Bronx from the Purchase Made by the Dutch from the Indians in 1639 to the Present Day. G.P. Putnam's Sons. pp. 343–344. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  6. ↑ Twomey, Bill; Casey, Thomas X. (2011). Northwest Bronx. Arcadia Publishing. p. 41. ISBN 9780738574660. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  7. ↑ McAuley, Kathleen A.; Hermalyn, Gary (2010). The Bronx. Arcadia Publishing. p. 78. ISBN 9780738573151. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  8. ↑ "Paid Notice: Deaths PETERS, JAMES J." The New York Times. 11 September 2002. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  9. ↑ Bodner, Donald R; Murphy, Carolann (October 2009). "Pioneer in Advocacy: The Legacy of James J. Peters". The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine. 32 (5): 501–502. ISSN 1079-0268. PMC 2792456. PMID 20025146.
  10. ↑ 2, VISN. "New York/New Jersey VA Health Care Network". www.visn2.va.gov. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  11. ↑ "Bronx Fisher Houses I & II". www.fisherhouse.org. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  12. ↑ Gellene, Denise (1 June 2011). "Rosalyn S. Yalow, 89, Nobel Physicist". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  13. ↑ "Western immigrants honored at Knesset award ceremony". The Times of Israel.
  14. ↑ Altman, Lawrence K. (March 10, 2009). "Charles Lieber, Studied Alcohol as Toxin, Is Dead at 78". The New York Times. Retrieved March 11, 2009.
  15. ↑ "PASSINGS". Los Angeles Times. 27 April 2009. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  16. ↑ Kovic, Ron (27 September 2007). "Born on the Fourth of July: The Long Journey Home :: PEJ News". Retrieved 22 December 2017. Most of them were not even born when I came home wounded to the Bronx V.A. (hospital) in 1968.
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