Partners and Education
As a teaching hospital, The James J. Peters VA Medical Center provides a full range of services, with state-of-the-art technology as well as education and research.
Affiliations
Affiliations are maintained with the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, The Hospital for Special Surgery and the Columbia Presbyterian School of Medicine. The medical center became fully affiliated with Mount Sinai School of Medicine in 1969 and has approved residency training programs in sixteen (16) medical and two (2) dental specialties. Fully integrated residency programs exist in general surgery and medicine and their subspecialties, psychiatry, general dentistry, oral surgery, rehabilitation medicine, urology, neurology, and pathology.
The James J. Peters VA offers graduate and postgraduate training programs in dietetics, psychology, social work, speech pathology, pharmacy, podiatry, rehabilitation therapies and healthcare administration. A hemodialysis unit for treatment of chronic and acute renal disease is offered, as is a radiation therapy service designated as a center for consultation and referral of complicated cancer cases.
Sharing Agreements
The James J. Peters VAMC is a provider under the TRICARE Military Health Care program, which provides medical services to Active Duty service members and their families. The James J. Peters VAMC also partners with the Department of Defense through local and national VA-DOD Sharing agreements, including providing medical services to Reservists through the FEDS-HEAL program.
The James J. Peters VAMC Office of Administrative Medicine, with assistance from other patient care centers, frequently provides physical examinations and immunizations for guard and reserve forces both pre and post deployment.
Research
Research at James J. Peters VAMC is world-renowned. Its investigators have been recognized for numerous noteworthy projects and they have received several national and international awards, including the Nobel Prize. A separate research building, built in 1985, is attached to the main clinical setting and has been recognized for achievements in research dealing with Viral Oncogenesis, AIDS, prosthetic devices for Spinal Cord Injuries (SCI), metabolic alterations in SCI patients, Alzheimer's disease, Psychiatry, Renal Research and disorders associated with alcoholism, tobacco, and digestion. A Spinal Cord Tissue Bank and a Brain Bank have been established. In addition, the James J. Peters VAMC supports accredited research programs in their Geriatric Research Education Clinical Center (GRECC), the Mental Illness Research Education Clinical Center (MIRECC) and the Rehabilitation Research and Development Center.
As a member of the Greater New York/New Jersey Consortium on Homelessness, the James J. Peters VAMC has been proactive in its efforts to assist homeless veterans. In collaboration with New York City and New York State they have been actively involved in providing staff and services at three area shelters. In addition, the James J. Peters VAMC staffs a medical health van that visits areas where the homeless veterans congregate. They also provide transportation for homeless veterans who may be in need of medical or mental health treatment.
