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ABOUT MINNEAPOLIS VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM  Minneapolis VA Health Care System provides you with outstanding health care, trains America’s future health care providers and conducts important

medical research. HEALTH CARE AND SERVICES We provide you with health care services at 15 locations in Minnesota and western Wisconsin. Facilities include our Minneapolis VA Medical Center,

our Community Resource and Referral Center for Veterans experiencing homelessness, and 13 VA Community Clinics located in Albert Lea, Ely, Hibbing, Mankato, Maplewood, Ramsey, Rochester,

Shakopee, and St. James, Minnesota; and Chippewa Falls, Hayward, Rice Lake and Superior, Wisconsin. To learn more about the services each location offers, visit Minneapolis VA health

services page.  Minneapolis VA Health Care System is one of the leading health care systems serving Veterans in the Midwest VA Health Care Network. We’re an innovative care center within the

Veterans Integrated Service Network 23 (VISN 23), which includes medical centers and clinics in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Illinois and Wisconsin. Learn more

about VISN 23 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT Minneapolis VA Health Care System has maintained an active accredited research program affiliated with the University of Minnesota for over 90 years.

Our program includes over 145 scientists and investigators conducting over 250 research projects funded by the VA, National Institutes of Health, Department of Defense, and other agencies.

We conduct research to discover knowledge, develop VA scientists and health care leaders, and create innovations that advance health care for Veterans and the nation. Minneapolis VA Health

Care System is home to four major research centers: We offer Veterans the opportunity to participate in and benefit from our work. Our goal is to use research to promote better health and

health care for all. Learn more about our research program TEACHING AND LEARNING Minneapolis VA Health Care System is an academic health system that provides a full range of health services

for Veterans, with state-of-the-art technology as well as education and research. We maintain over 90 active affiliations with health professions schools and have been working closely with

the University of Minnesota since 1947. Every year, our facility trains around 1,500 health professions trainees in over 40 disciplines, including medical students, residents, nursing

students and associated health professions. While most trainees rotate for a period of time in our clinical learning environment, we also offer the opportunity to enroll in our VA-based,

accredited training programs. Our learners, preceptors and staff are supported through a well-resourced health science library, advanced-tier simulation center and our Interprofessional

Education and Collaboration Center. We’re proud of our partnerships with top institutions and organizations that support the educational mission of the VA to train the health care workforce

for VHA and the nation. Learn more about our internships and fellowships FAST FACTS * Our Polytrauma Rehabilitation Center (PRC) is one of five facilities in the country designed to provide

acute, inpatient rehabilitative care to Veterans and active-duty service members who have experienced severe injuries. PRCs serve as regional referral centers for acute medical and

rehabilitation care, and as hubs for research and education related to polytrauma and traumatic brain injuries. * In 2022, 679 volunteers donated 103,605 hours to help care for Veterans. *

In 2022, our research investigators successfully competed for $28.8 million in extramural research funding, producing more than 480 publications in peer-reviewed journals. * We recorded

988,162 outpatient visits at our facilities in 2022. * Our staff included 4,787 employees in 2022. Of those, 873 were Veterans. * Practice Greenhealth recognized Minneapolis VA Medical

Center as one of its top 25 hospitals in the country for environmental excellence. ACCREDITATION  Our facilities and programs have received accreditation from: * The Joint Commission *

Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities * College of American Pathologists * American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer ANNUAL REPORTS AND NEWSLETTERS ANNUAL REPORTS