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VA Augusta Health Care System announced today the selection of 11 frontline staff for the FY24 VHA Innovators Network Spark-Seed-Spread program. This initiative fosters innovation and

empowers frontline staff to fundamentally change the culture within the Veterans Health Administration.

Ronald Williams, a VA Augusta outpatient Veteran stops by regularly to talk with his buddy, Mr. G, who resides in the Community Living Center (CLC) at Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center in

Augusta, Georgia.

VA Augusta Health Care System is the first VA in the country to use Axon Therapy, which uses a high-powered, non-invasive device to target peripheral nerve stimulation to reduce chronic pain

in Veterans.

Effective immediately, VA Augusta Health Care System is relaxing some masking requirements for Veterans, visitors, volunteers, and staff.

Today, a VA Augusta Health Care System inventor who's developed a device to help prevent falls shared her innovation with organizations who advocate for aging populations across

Georgia.

National Vietnam War Veterans Day holds no significance for Patrick Jones. What he does care about is his band of brothers. “We never talk about what we did over there,” Jones said. “We talk

about the fun things we did… the things we got away with when we shouldn’t have, but it sure was fun.”

Timothy McCarthy looked forward to being in the service. In fact, he volunteered to enlist right after high school, but was told his knees and eyesight would hold him back. But then came the

looming conflict in Vietnam.

Dr. Vasu Lakkimsetti was eager to take up some cycling with his son on the trails around Augusta, Georgia. A geriatrician at Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center, Lakkimsetti purchased two new

bikes, only to watch them sit dormant as he waited for winter temperatures and his busy schedule to clear.

VA Augusta Health Care System’s mammography program is now fully accredited by the American College of Radiology (ACR).

VA Augusta joins VA health care facilities nationwide in recognizing the contributions of VA faculty and academic partners during VA Health Professions Education Week (March 13-17, 2023).