West Roxbury VA Medical Center

The West Roxbury VA Medical Center, one of three major hospitals comprising VA Boston Healthcare System, serves as the tertiary inpatient care hub of VA Boston Healthcare System for New England veterans. 

Open 24/7 (including a full-service Emergency Department), it covers a 160-bed acute care hospital with medical, surgical, rehabilitation, intermediate, and intensive care units.

Clinical Services & Specialty Care

• Primary care, geriatrics, pain management, and physiatry
• Intensive care units: MICU, SICU, CCU, PCU
• Comprehensive surgical services in orthopedics, vascular, urology, plastics, and cancer-related operations
• Recognized Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) program with CARF accreditation
• Strong rehabilitation and physical therapy support

Facilities & Technology

• 24/7 Emergency Department and imaging services (CT, MRI, nuclear medicine, ultrasound, etc.)
• Newly renovated MICU featuring private rooms, modern infrastructure, and family-focused design
• Dedicated endoscopy suites supporting inpatient and outpatient GI procedures. 
• Full complement of clinical support: lab, nuclear medicine, CAT scan, EKG/echo, dialysis, prosthetics/orthotics, psychiatry, and therapeutic pool

Academic & Training Environment

• Fully affiliated with Boston University, Harvard Medical School, BIDMC, Brigham and Women’s, Boston Medical Center, and others. 
• Hosts residents and fellows across internal medicine, surgery, cardiology, anesthesiology, neurology, gastroenterology, and more
• Gastroenterology fellowship includes ~1,400 inpatient consults annually, over 5,400 outpatient endoscopic procedures, and dedicated motility and Barrett’s clinics
• The training mix spans acute care Hospitalist medicine, subspecialty consults, and critical care rotations

Research & Innovation

• Part of VA Boston’s robust $130M+ annual research program, home to multiple national centers of excellence
• West Roxbury–focused research areas include cardiothoracic surgery, GI motility, hematology, neurology, genetics, orthopedic surgery, and SCI rehabilitation
• Houses the Laboratory of Neuroscience, known for sleep/circadian research using advanced electrophysiology, optogenetics, CRISPR, and preclinical models
• Participation in national initiatives like the Million Veteran Program, VA Biorepository Brain Bank, and PTSD Behavioral Science & Women’s Health units