San Francisco VA Medical Center
The San Francisco VA Medical Center, also called the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center or the SFVAMC, is a Veterans Affairs medical center, located in San Francisco. The main facility is on 42nd Avenue and Clement Street at the former Fort Miley Military Reservation in the Richmond District. Fort Miley is located south of the Golden Gate and west of the San Francisco Presidio, on Point Lobos (San Francisco) surrounded by the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. SFVAMC has the largest funded research program in the Veterans Health Administration with $90.2 million in research expenditures (2015). The current Medical Center Director is Bonnie S. Graham. It serves as a teaching hospital for the UCSF School of Medicine. History The SFVAMC was founded in 1934. Community-based outpatient clinics have been opened by the SFVAMC. They include: San Francisco VA Downtown Clinic – primary medical care, comprehensive homeless center, psychosocial and health care services. Clearlake VA Clinic, Clearlake Eureka VA Clinic, Eureka San Bruno VA Clinic, San Bruno Santa Rosa VA Clinic, Santa Rosa Ukiah VA Clinic, Ukiah Achievements SFVAMC has several National Centers of Excellence in the areas of: Epilepsy treatment; Cardiac surgery; Posttraumatic stress disorder; HIV; and Renal dialysis.