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Top Stories

Capitol Excellence in Action">-(05/15/2013)

Capitol Excellence in Action">-(05/06/2013)

Capitol Excellence in Action">-(04/29/2013)

New Associate Director, Bryan C. Matthews">-(04/22/2013)

Capitol Excellence in Action - Volunteers">-(04/18/2013)

Capitol Excellence in Action - Ivan Monserrate-(04/05/2013)

Emergency Department Control Access -(03/20/2013)

Capitol Excellence in Action Surgical Staff-(03/25/2013)

Southern PG County CBOC Open House-(03/28/2013)

NBC 4 Health and Fitness Expo-(03/19/2013)

Capitol Excellence in Action Cardiac Surgery-(03/06/2013)

DCVAMC Social Workers Recognized-(03/06/2013)

Women's History Month-(02/28/2013)

Capitol Excellence in Action-(02/25/2013)

E-Donate-(02/11/2013)

Veterans? Creativity on Display-(02/25/2013)

Capitol Excellence in Action-(02/15/2013)

Nurse Recruiting Open House-(02/15/2013)

Sock Hop for Veterans-(02/11/2013)

Women Veterans Take Heart-(02/11/2013)

Raising Awareness -(02/04/2013)

DCVAMC Welcomes You-(01/30/2013)

LIVe Program-(01/25/2013)

Metal Detectors to be Installed-(01/15/2013)

DCVAMC Library-(01/25/2013)

Free Flu Shot Clinic-(01/14/2013)

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Welcome LGBT Veterans-(12/27/2012)

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Wedding Bells at the Medical Center-(01/08/2013)

Winterhaven Homeless Stand Down-(01/03/2013)

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VA PTSD Research Study-(12/12/2012)

A Happy Christmas for Lina-(12/28/2012)

Ms. Alyce Dixon, 105-(12/20/2012)

Bobby Van?s Hosts DCVAMC POW Group-(12/13/2012)

Shutterbug Photography Club-(12/11/2012)

Coat Drive-(11/27/2012)

Exercise and Statins-(11/29/2012)

Ladies Night 2012-(11/21/2012)

Great American Smokeout-(11/15/2012)

Employee of the Month Mercile Ashond, LPN-(10/29/2012)

Ladies' Nights-(10/04/2012)

New Tool Allows Better Revascularization Strategy-(10/26/2012)

Respiratory Care Week-(10/24/2012)

Pharmacy Week-(10/22/2012)

Red and Green Line -(10/16/2012)

Oyster Festival-(10/04/2012)

Pink Out ? Oct. 16-(10/12/2012)

Gen. Riojas visits DCVAMC Vets-(10/03/2012)

Ms. Dixon's 105th Birthdayd-(09/20/2012)

VA Goes Red-(08/27/2012)

Job Fair-(08/28/2012)

Congressional Black Caucus Foundation-(09/19/2012)

Montford Point Marine Honored-(09/11/2012)

Milestone Birthday for Veteran, Alyce Dixon -(08/28/2012)

Eastern Medicine in Western Care-(08/21/2012)

DCVAMC A Most Wired Hospital-(08/07/2012)

VISN-Wide Emergency Exercise -(08/07/2012)

Martha Valdez, RN named Employee of Month-(08/02/2012)

Prince George's CBOC-(07/31/2012)

Mobile Devices-(07/20/2012)

Medical Center Research-(07/17/2012)

Communications Awards-(07/12/2012)

VA Interns Visit the White House-(07/11/2012)

New Patient Orientation Class-(07/05/2012)

?PAIRS? Training Weekend for Couples-(07/05/2012)

Prince George's Vet Center-(07/02/2012)

"A Day in My Shoes"-(06/27/2012)

Going For the Gold-(06/22/2012)

Closer to Home Health Care-(06/21/2012)

Protecting and Serving-(06/20/2012)

Student Volunteers-(06/15/2012)

PTSD ? Raise Awareness - June 2012-(06/08/2012)

"Come in, work hard, and be yourself!"-(06/08/2012)

Reaching Out to Veterans-(05/31/2012)

Employee of the Month-(05/31/2012)

DCVAMC Receives Unique Donation-(05/18/2012)

Job Fair and Expo-(05/17/2012)

Julius Fleischman, April 11, 1922 - April 2, 2012-(05/22/2012)

Welcome Home for OEF/OIF/OND Veterans-(05/17/2012)

Southern PG County Community Based Outpatient Clinic-(05/08/2012)

VA Volunteer Honored-(04/25/2012)

Washingtonian?s Top Doctor-(04/20/2012)

Best Doctors in America-(04/06/2012)

A Momentous Anniversary-(04/05/2012)

Top Doc-(03/29/2012)

Surprise Celebration for Veteran-(03/22/2012)

Video Games Help War Vets -(03/22/2012)

Healthier Veterans News-(02/29/2012)

Outpatient Pharmacy to Open Feb. 27-(02/27/2012)

Coming Soon ?Three Story Parking Garage-(02/24/2012)

DCVAMC Launches My Capitol VA Phone App-(02/06/2012)

Reaching Out to Metro Veterans-(01/13/2012)

VA for Vets Jan. 18, Career Fair-(01/13/2012)

NBC4 Health and Fitness Expo-(01/12/2012)

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Winterhaven Homeless Stand Down-(12/20/2011)

Capitol Excellence and Community Partnerships-(12/14/2011)

Fall Food Drive a Huge Success -(12/07/2011)

DCVAMC Launches "Capitol Excellence"-(12/05/2011)

Capitol Excellence Pep Rally and Tree Lighting, Dec. 1-(11/28/2011)

Ground Rounds: Genetic Dissection of Common Diseases-(11/10/2011)

Veterans Day - Honoring those who served-(11/01/2011)

Knights of Columbus Continues its Generosity to Veteranss-(10/27/2011)

Fighting for Homeless Vets Who Fought for Us-(10/20/2011)

Ladies' Night at DCVAMC-(10/17/2011)

Fall Food Drive-(10/17/2011)

StakeholdersÂ? Forum on Homeless Veterans and Job Fair-(10/07/2011)

Southern PG County Community Based Outpatient Clinic-(10/04/2011)

Brian A. Hawkins Appointed Director VA Medical Center, Washington, DC-(09/20/2011)

Medical Center Opens New VA-Ft Belvoir Clinic -(09/19/2011)

What exactly are TeleHealth and TeleMedicine?-(09/16/2011)

VA Medical Center and Fisher House Foundation Dedicate New Fisher House-(09/08/2011)

Medical Center to Open Clinic at Ft. Belvoir Community Hospital-(08/09/2011)

DCVAMC Job Fair July 11-(07/08/2011)

Games in Paradise: DC Veterans Compete in National Golden Age Games-(06/13/2011)

Memorial Day Visit-(06/06/2011)

5th Annual Welcome Home Celebration a Big Success-(05/17/2011)

National Nurses Week-(05/09/2011)

DC VA Medical Center Honored with American Spirit Award-(04/05/2011)

A Showplace for Electronic Health Records-(04/04/2011)

DCVAMC to Host Welcome Home for OEF/OIF/OND Veterans-(04/01/2011)

Women's History-(03/15/2011)

Blind Judo Class-(02/23/2011)

LIVe Program featured on News Channel 8-(02/18/2011)

DCVAMC Hosts Black History Program-(02/16/2011)

Medical Center Welcomes New WRIISC Director-(02/04/2011)

Preparing for Winterhaven Homeless Veterans Stand Down-(01/19/2011)

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Features

VA2K-What a Day!-(Thu, 16 May 2013 10:33:00 EDT)

Women's Health Week-(Wed, 15 May 2013 13:16:00 EDT)

VA2K -(Wed, 15 May 2013 11:04:00 EDT)

VA Research Week-(Fri, 10 May 2013 15:39:00 EDT)

New Parking Garage Opens-(Thu, 09 May 2013 09:51:00 EDT)

DCVAMC Doctor Recognized-(Mon, 06 May 2013 13:36:00 EDT)

Get Social with Us!-(Thu, 02 May 2013 14:57:00 EDT)

April Employee of the Month-(Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:54:00 EDT)

Batter up!-(Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:32:00 EDT)

New Mission and Vision Statements-(Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:22:00 EDT)

DCVAMC Receives Two CFC Awards -(Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:55:00 EDT)

Summer Youth Volunteer Program-(Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:54:00 EDT)

Annual Report 2012-(Fri, 12 Apr 2013 08:50:00 EDT)

Make A Difference: E-Donate-(Wed, 03 Apr 2013 10:47:00 EDT)

Employee of the Month - Stephanie Johnson, LPN-(Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:13:00 EDT)

TeleHealth Improves Access-(Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:03:00 EDT)

Southern PG County CBOC Open House-(Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:44:00 EDT)

Employee of the Month-(Wed, 06 Mar 2013 10:23:00 EDT)

Patient Safety Awareness Week-(Fri, 01 Mar 2013 12:55:00 EDT)

WRIISC Recruits Veterans-(Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:45:00 EDT)

Essay by Dr. Chretien-(Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:04:00 EDT)

VITAL-(Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:11:00 EDT)

Career Shadowing-(Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:05:00 EDT)

Wear Red Day-(Fri, 25 Jan 2013 13:58:00 EDT)

New Hawk Eye Team Members -(Tue, 22 Jan 2013 14:23:00 EDT)

Employees Raise $97,266-(Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:34:00 EDT)

More than 650 Served-(Mon, 14 Jan 2013 14:32:00 EDT)

DCVAMC Patient Safety Office-(Thu, 27 Dec 2012 23:56:00 EDT)

Officer Cynthia Warren-(Fri, 21 Dec 2012 14:51:00 EDT)

Erika Roberge Featured on WMZQ's Medical Minute-(Fri, 21 Dec 2012 10:52:00 EDT)

Medical Minute Feature on WMZQ and WMAL with Brian Hawkins-(Thu, 13 Dec 2012 15:03:00 EDT)

Oliver Alignay of Radiology Service-(Mon, 10 Dec 2012 10:00:00 EDT)

HUD Collecting Shoes-(Wed, 05 Dec 2012 15:04:00 EDT)

Ladies Night 2012-(Wed, 28 Nov 2012 11:30:00 EDT)

Respiratory Chief Honored-(Tue, 20 Nov 2012 15:33:00 EDT)

VA Research Makes International News-(Fri, 16 Nov 2012 09:19:00 EDT)

All Veterans' Garden -(Tue, 13 Nov 2012 10:20:00 EDT)

DCVAMC Women Sport Mustaches-(Fri, 02 Nov 2012 11:02:00 EDT)

Halloween Celebrated at VA Medical Center-(Wed, 31 Oct 2012 15:07:00 EDT)

Smithsonian's Insect Zoo-(Tue, 30 Oct 2012 13:07:00 EDT)

Medical Minute continues on WMZQ 98.7 -(Mon, 22 Oct 2012 12:34:00 EDT)

DCVAMC Rec Therapist Honored-(Fri, 19 Oct 2012 11:57:00 EDT)

Free Flu Shot Clinic-(Thu, 18 Oct 2012 09:34:00 EDT)

DCVAMC Employee of the Month-(Tue, 16 Oct 2012 13:47:00 EDT)

"Drop, Cover and Hold On"-(Fri, 12 Oct 2012 15:52:00 EDT)

Free Financial Workshop-(Fri, 05 Oct 2012 15:16:00 EDT)

DCVAMC's Medical Minute -(Thu, 20 Sep 2012 13:40:00 EDT)

DCVAMC Goes Green-(Mon, 10 Sep 2012 12:57:00 EDT)

DCVAMC's Medical Minute-(Tue, 04 Sep 2012 09:09:00 EDT)

DCVAMC's "Medical Minute"-(Mon, 27 Aug 2012 15:00:00 EDT)

Caregiver BBQ a big success-(Mon, 27 Aug 2012 14:38:00 EDT)

Feeding the Needy-(Fri, 03 Aug 2012 17:00:00 EDT)

A Wish Fulfilled-(Wed, 01 Aug 2012 13:32:00 EDT)

Alyce Dixon, 104 Years Young!-(Thu, 26 Jul 2012 13:31:00 EDT)

DCVAMC Talent Series-(Wed, 25 Jul 2012 14:28:00 EDT)

Grants in Capital Area to Help End Veteran Homelessness-(Fri, 20 Jul 2012 08:56:00 EDT)

DCVAMC Talent Series-(Tue, 17 Jul 2012 14:54:00 EDT)

Opening Ceremony For Newest CBOC-(Thu, 12 Jul 2012 15:04:00 EDT)

Washington DCVAMC’s Chief of Infectious Disease Control-(Thu, 12 Jul 2012 14:22:00 EDT)

"Medical Minute"-(Mon, 09 Jul 2012 14:00:00 EDT)

Cynthia Moore, Respiratory Therapist-(Fri, 29 Jun 2012 15:21:00 EDT)

Hoopin' It Up-(Wed, 27 Jun 2012 13:22:00 EDT)

Cuts for a Cause-(Fri, 22 Jun 2012 15:26:00 EDT)

Preventing Food-Borne Illness-(Wed, 20 Jun 2012 14:37:00 EDT)

Fitness or Ideal Weight-(Tue, 19 Jun 2012 10:35:00 EDT)

Summer Heat Safety-(Thu, 07 Jun 2012 11:44:00 EDT)

Million Veteran Program (MVP)-(Tue, 05 Jun 2012 13:20:00 EDT)

Secretary's Award for Nursing Excellence-(Fri, 01 Jun 2012 15:36:00 EDT)

VA/DoD's PTSD Coach -(Fri, 01 Jun 2012 15:31:00 EDT)

Actor Mark Valley-(Fri, 25 May 2012 15:22:00 EDT)

VA Honors DCVAMC Nurse -(Thu, 17 May 2012 13:46:00 EDT)

Cutting the Ribbon-(Thu, 10 May 2012 13:23:00 EDT)

Construction Underway for New Women's Pavilion-(Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:57:00 EDT)

CRRC Ribbon Cutting, May 9-(Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:20:00 EDT)

2012 National VA Research Week: April 23-27-(Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:56:00 EDT)

Job Fair and Expo for Veterans-(Tue, 03 Apr 2012 10:34:00 EDT)

Art that Heals Broken Lives-(Tue, 06 Mar 2012 12:00:00 EDT)

Breast Cancer Research-(Fri, 02 Mar 2012 11:03:00 EDT)

Dr. Gregory Trachiotis named a "Top Doctor"-(Tue, 28 Feb 2012 10:31:00 EDT)

New Community Resource and Referral Center (CRRC) to open in April-(Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:55:00 EDT)

Million Veteran Program-(Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:37:00 EDT)

Oncologist's Perspective – Grand Rounds-(Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:43:00 EDT)

DCVAMC Surgeon Honored-(Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:56:00 EDT)

Coat Drive for Homeless Veterans-(Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:22:00 EDT)

DCVAMC Recognized by NCPS-(Thu, 17 Nov 2011 14:41:00 EDT)

DCVAMC Doctor and NP Honored-(Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:52:00 EDT)

Military Resource Fair-(Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:46:00 EDT)

Free Flu Shot Clinic -(Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:52:00 EDT)

Equine-assisted Therapy-(Tue, 18 Oct 2011 10:54:00 EDT)

St. Mary’s County Oyster Festival-(Thu, 13 Oct 2011 09:42:00 EDT)

DCVAMC Partners in Worldwide Studies -(Thu, 06 Oct 2011 10:25:00 EDT)

WRIISC Director Appointed to GHUCCTS Board-(Wed, 21 Sep 2011 09:47:00 EDT)

DCVAMC Social Worker Honored-(Mon, 22 Aug 2011 10:36:00 EDT)

VA Issue Caregiver Payments-(Mon, 11 Jul 2011 13:15:00 EDT)

Prosthetics Service Helps Restore Veteran’s Athletic Ability-(Mon, 04 Jul 2011 19:00:00 EDT)

Overdue Recognition for Woman AF Pilot-(Mon, 06 Jun 2011 14:37:00 EDT)

First VA2K June 2-(Wed, 11 May 2011 10:33:00 EDT)

DCVAMC Recognized by National Center for Patient Safety-(Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:55:00 EDT)

Charlotte Hall CBOC -(Mon, 04 Apr 2011 14:47:00 EDT)

Minority Veterans Town Hall-(Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:26:00 EDT)

March 30th 2011 - Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans reunion-(Thu, 17 Mar 2011 14:00:00 EDT)

Study Led by DCVAMC Physician Published in JAMA-(Fri, 18 Feb 2011 10:55:00 EDT)

Healthwise for Life-(Tue, 08 Feb 2011 14:40:00 EDT)

LIVe Program Gives Diabetics a New Treatment Approach-(Mon, 07 Feb 2011 15:50:00 EDT)

Renovation to Begin Soon On 4C-(Wed, 19 Jan 2011 08:02:00 EDT)

Chief Nurse Executive Honored-(Wed, 05 Jan 2011 14:14:00 EDT)

Secretary Visits Medical Center on Christmas-(Tue, 28 Dec 2010 13:25:00 EDT)

Life is Sacred, Celebrate Healthy Native Communities-(Tue, 23 Nov 2010 15:30:00 EDT)

Taking Care: There's No Place Like Home-(Thu, 04 Nov 2010 15:18:00 EDT)

DCVAMC Nurses Receive Nursing Innovation Award-(Tue, 26 Oct 2010 14:30:00 EDT)

Prompt Action by DCVAMC Staffer Helps At-Risk Veteran-(Mon, 18 Oct 2010 14:00:00 EDT)

Disability Exam Speeds Veteran's Return to the Road of Independence-(Mon, 18 Oct 2010 13:59:00 EDT)

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