VA Western New York Healthcare System (VAWNYHS) consists of two health care facilities in Buffalo and Batavia.

The Buffalo facility opened in 1950. It provides medical, surgical, mental health and long-term care services through a full range of inpatient and outpatient programs. It is the main referral center for cardiac surgery, cardiology and comprehensive cancer care for Central and Western New York and Northern Pennsylvania. In 1979, an ambulatory care building housing expanded diagnostic and treatment capabilities was added. A new research building was completed in 1990, expanding our research capabilities.

The Batavia facility is situated on 48.8 acres in Genesee County’s largest city. Constructed in 1933, it provides geriatric and rehabilitation medicine services, a residential care post-traumatic stress disorder unit, and outpatient services in a renovated primary care clinic. In 1995, the New York State Veterans Home relocated to the Batavia grounds making extended care available.

Over the last few years, VAWNYHS has set up VA Community Based Outpatient Clinics in Dunkirk, Jamestown, Niagara Falls, Lackawanna, Olean, and Lockport and Warsaw. These clinics provide quality health care services closer to home, for the convenience of our veterans.

VAWNYHS is academically affiliated with the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. It also is affiliated with SUNY programs in health sciences, including nursing, clinical laboratory sciences, dentistry, pharmacy, physical and occupational therapy, psychology, social work and health care administration.