VA San Diego Healthcare System

The VA San Diego Healthcare System (VASDHS) provides high quality health care with advanced technologies and a commitment to friendly, compassionate service to more than 249,975 Veterans in the San Diego and Imperial Valley counties. VASDHS offers a wide range of inpatient and outpatient health services at the Jennifer Moreno Medical Center in La Jolla and at the seven community clinics located in Chula Vista, Escondido, Imperial Valley, Mission Valley, Oceanside, Sorrento Valley, and the Rio Clinc.   

We provide medical, surgical, mental health, geriatric, spinal cord injury, and advanced rehabilitation services. With an operating budget of over $823 million (FY 2021), VASDHS has 311 authorized beds, including skilled nursing beds and operates several regional referral programs including cardiovascular surgery, and spinal cord injury care. We are affiliated with the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and provide training for 1,271 medical interns, residents and fellows, as well as 331 other clinical trainees, in areas such as nursing, pharmacy, dental and dietetics. VASDHS has one of the largest research programs in the VA nationally with a budget of over $44. million (FY 2021), 210 principal investigators and 650 projects. 

 

Affiliations:

• University of California, San Diego School of Medicine
• San Diego State University School of Nursing
• University of San Diego School of Nursing
• University of the Pacific School of Pharmacy
• University of Southern California School of Pharmacy

 

Specialized diagnostic and medical services:

• Cardiac Catherization & Electrophysiology Laboratory
• Cardiothoracic Surgery
• Clinical Diabetes Treatment & Research Program
• Neurosurgery
• San Diego Center for Patient Safety
• Mental Illness Rehabilitation, Education and Clinical Center
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Program
• Geropsychiatry
• Post Development Clinic for Returning Combat Veterans
• Sleep research
• Alcohol/ Drug Research and Treatment Center
• Research Center for AIDS & HIV Infection
• Hospital Based Primary Care
• Women Veterans Health Clinic
• Pain Management Program
• Hepatitis C Program

 

Advanced medical technologies:

• Cardiac Catherization & Electrophysiology Laboratory
• Computerized medical record (Computerized Patient Record System)
• Barcode Medication Administration system (BCMA)
• Automated prescription filling system
• Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scanner
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
• Nuclear Medicine
• Telemedicine
• Robotic Surgery

 

Community Clinic Locations:

Chula Vista VA Clinic

353 H Street

Chula Vista, CA 91910

 

Escondido VA Clinic

815 East Pennsylvania Avenue

Escondido, CA 92025

 

Imperial Valley VA Clinic

1115 S 4th Street

El Centro, CA 92243

 

Kearny Mesa VA Clinic

8875 Aero Drive

San Diego, CA 92123

 

Oceanside VA Clinic

1300 Rancho del Oro Drive

Oceanside, CA 92056

 

Sorrento Valley VA Clinic

10455 Sorrento Valley Road

San Diego, CA 92121

 

Rio VA Clinic

8989 Rio San Diego, Suite 350

San Diego, CA 92108

 

If you, or anyone you know, are interested in joining the VASDHS, please e-mail your CV to Jacob Colon at jacob.colon@va.gov