The James J. Peters VA Medical Center , (also known as Bronx Veterans Hospital ), is a hospital complex of the US Department of Veterans Affairs located at 130 West Kingsbridge Road, The Bronx. Opened as US Veterans Hospital no. 81 on April 15, 1922.
Prior to the creation of Veterans Bronx Hospital, this site was used by the Sisters of Charity of New York as Bronx Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum.
The Bronx Veteran hospital was renamed after James J. Peters in 2002. Peters, a US Army veteran, was a patient of the Bronx Veterans Hospital who founded several organizations to address the needs of spinal cord injuries (SCI), including the United Spinal Association (Originally known as the Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association).
The James J. Peters VA Medical Center is the headquarters of the New York Veterans Integrated Service Network/New Jersey VA Health Care Network ("VISN 2"). This network is also a master network to the VA New York Harbor Healthcare System.
The Fisher House Foundation built two Fisher homes in the James J. Peters VA Medical Center yard in 2018.
The campus is under the jurisdiction of the United States Veterans Affairs Police.
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Personnel
- Rosalyn Sussman Yalow - Nobel Laureate. Collaborate with Solomon Berson to develop radioimmunoassay (RIA).
- Solomon Berson - Collaborate with Rosalyn Sussman Yalow to develop radioimmunoassay (RIA).
- Shimon Glick - Works in the Berson and Yalow labs. Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at Ben Gurion University.
- Ludwik Gross - Director of the Cancer Research Division. Murine Polyomavirus Isolated.
- Paul R. Cunningham - Surgeon. Then the dean of Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University.
- David B. Levine - Orthopedic surgeon. Various positions in Hospital for Special Surgery.
- Charles S. Lieber - Clinical nutritionist. Known for research on excessive alcohol consumption and liver cirrhosis.
- Victor Herbert - hematologist. Working at the Nutrition Research Laboratory. Known for studies of folate and megaloblastic anemia.
- Nicholas J. Cifarelli - Nephrology. Then pioneered the first Bioethics Advisory Committee in the United States.
- Kenneth Sterling - Director of the protein research laboratory. Then made a significant discovery on thyroid hormone activation.
- Giulio Maria Pasinetti - Director of the Neuroscience Translational Laboratory. Known for neurology at Icahn Medical School.
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Death of famous people
- Ronald Hearn - The United States Veterans Affairs Officer was shot and killed on duty on July 25, 1988
- Eric Burroughs - American stage and radio actor.
- Timothy Wright - Gospel singer and nominated Grammy priest.
See also
- Veterans Health Administration
- The United Spinal Association
- VA New York Health Care System
- Ron Kovic - patient in 1968. Writer of book Born on July 4
- Born on July 4th (movie) - movie based on Ron Kovic's autobiography
References
External links
- Official website
- VA New York Health Care System
- New York/New Jersey Health Care Network
- Bronx Veteran Medical Research Foundation
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