As a teaching hospital, VA Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System provides a full range of services, with state-of-the-art technology as well as education and research.

Academic Partners

Through its affiliations, the VA Gulf Coast Veterans HCS educates and trains health care professionals in nearly 25 disciplines.  Residents rotate from the University of South Alabama in Mobile, AL; Tulane University and Louisiana State University in New Orleans, LA; and Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, MS.

Veterans Service Organizations

VA Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System  maintains a good working relationship with all of our veteran service organization (VSO) partners. We regularly brief our VSO representatives on changes impacting veterans' health care.

US Department of Defense

VA Gulf Coast Veterans HCS partners with other VA medical centers and participates in initiatives and sharing agreements with Department of Defense (DoD) facilities.  Consistent with the VA/DoD Joint Strategic Planning Initiative, the Health Care System is focused on mutual support opportunities that provide the best value for VA beneficiaries and the taxpayer.  These initiatives improve the quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of the delivery of benefits and services to veterans, service members, military retirees, and their families.