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Get the latest news from Lebanon-area medical centers and clinics. For more information about Lebanon health care, contact our Public Affairs Office at 717-228-6079. APRIL 17, 2024 Today,

the Department of Veterans Affairs announced that Veteran trust in Lebanon VAMC has risen to 95.4% — up from 92.3% in 2018 (the first year since VA began conducting this survey).

Additionally, nationwide trust in VA outpatient care has increased to 91.8% — up from 85.6% in 2018. JULY 14, 2023 The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is pleased to announce the

appointment of Jeffrey A. Beiler, II as the new medical center director of the Lebanon VA Medical Center (VAMC) in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. JUNE 05, 2023 South Central Pennsylvania Veterans

are now able to participate in VA Uber Health Connect — an initiative which provides supplemental transportation to eligible Veterans needing access to and from medical care. MAY 25, 2023 In

recognition for successful programs to reduce their environmental impact, Lebanon VA Medical Center (Lebanon VAMC) received the Partner for Change Award from Practice Greenhealth, the

nation’s leading organization dedicated to environmental sustainability in health care. MAY 23, 2023 Paul Carnes, PharmD, MS, CPEL, FACHE, Chief of Pharmacy at Lebanon VA Medical Center

(VAMC), was one of 27 pharmacy leaders who recently received the Certified Pharmacy Executive Leader Services Management (CPELSM) credential from the American Society of Health- System

Pharmacists (ASHP). APRIL 04, 2023 The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Lebanon VA Medical Center (Lebanon VAMC) announced that it has been approved to provide Radioligand therapies

for the treatment of neuroendocrine tumors and prostate cancer in select patients. This new service will be available for outpatients only. MARCH 30, 2023 U.S. Department of Veterans

Affairs’ (VA) Lebanon VA Medical Center (VAMC) Hospitalist, Benny Bhaskar, MD, was awarded the 2022 Medicine Clerkship Teacher of the Year Award for Affiliate Faculty in the Medicine

Category from the Penn State University (PSU) College of Medicine. MARCH 13, 2023 The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Lebanon VA Medical Center (Lebanon VAMC) announced that

Director and CEO Robert W. Callahan, Jr. is retiring at the end of March. Callahan was appointed to the Senior Executive Service as Director of Lebanon VAMC on November 11, 2007. FEBRUARY

09, 2023 The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Lebanon VA Medical Center (Lebanon VAMC) announced that it provided more than 300 permanent housing placements to homeless Veterans in

South Central Pennsylvania as a part of VA’s nationwide goal to house 38,000 homeless Veterans in 2022. SEPTEMBER 12, 2022 The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Lebanon VA Medical

Center (Lebanon VAMC) announced that it was named the top VA Medical Center in the United States for patient experience.