Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center

Located in the historic part of the city of Charleston, the Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center is an authorized 145 bed primary, secondary and tertiary care medical center that provides acute medical, surgical and psychiatric inpatient care, and both primary and specialized outpatient services in southeastern South Carolina and Chatham County, Georgia. The medical center supports the Vet Centers in North Charleston, South Carolina and Savannah, Georgia, and operates the outpatient clinics in Savannah, Georgia and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Currently, the medical center is operating 98 beds and a 28-bed nursing home.
The medical center is closely affiliated with the Medical University of South Carolina and supports 88 medical residents in medical and dental specialties, as well students from nursing, pharmacy, social work and allied health disciplines. The Research Service has 57 research investigators conducting basic research in cardiology, endocrinology, diabetes mellitus, hematology/oncology, rheumatology, nephrology and alcohol-related disorders and clinical and health service research in mental health, PTSD, hypertension and aging, and rehabilitation research program: hip arthroplasty.

Affiliations

• Medical University of South Carolina

• 145

• Primary
• Secondary
• Tertiary Care

• Primary Care
• Women’s Program
• VIST Program Smoking Cessation
• Research Service
• Interventional Radiology
• General Surgery
• Cardio-thoracic Surgery
• Vascular Surgery
• Neurosurgery
• Urology
• ENT
• Ophthalmology
• Podiatry
• Orthopedics
• Audiology
• Speech Pathology
• Inpatient Mental Health
• PTSD
• Mental Health Day Hospital
• Substance Abuse
• Mental Health Intensive Case Management (MHICM)
• Electroconvulsive Therapy
• Compensated Work Therapy (CWT)
• Community Residential Care
• Geriatrics Nursing Home
• Care Unit (NUCU)
• Homemaker Health Aide
• Adult Day Care
• Home Based Primary Care (HBPC)
• Community Contract Nursing Home
• Interventional Cardiology
• Pulmonary Services
• Pulmonary Function Test
• Sleep Studies
• Endocrinology
• Infectious Disease
• Dermatology
• Neurology
• Gastroenterology
• Hematology/Oncology
• Nephrology
• Hemodialysis
• Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation