The San Francisco VA Health Care System provides health services to Veterans through the San Francisco VA Medical Center (SFVAMC) and six community-based outpatient clinics in Santa Rosa, Eureka, Ukiah, Clearlake, San Bruno and downtown San Francisco. We have a long history of conducting cutting-edge research, establishing innovative medical programs, and providing compassionate care to Veterans. The Medical Center is a 1a complexity level facility with 112 operating beds and a 120-bed Community Living Center. Primary, mental health and specialty care is provided at its outpatient clinics. The Medical Center has been affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), School of Medicine for nearly 60 years. All physicians are jointly recruited by SFVAMC and UCSF School of Medicine.

SFVAMC has several National Centers of Excellence in the areas of: epilepsy treatment, cardiac surgery, post-traumatic stress disorder, HIV and renal dialysis. We have many other nationally recognized programs including: the Parkinson’s Disease Research, Education, and Clinical Center; the Hepatitis C Resource Center; the Mental Illness Research and Education Clinical Center; and the Western Pacemaker and AICD Surveillance Program. The Medical Center is designated as one of only seven VA Centers of Excellence in Primary Care Education. It also has a Community Resource and Referral Center that is designed to serve Veterans who are homeless and at-risk of homelessness with one-stop access to community-based services. The Medical Center is the first VA to perform MRI-guided deep brain stimulation surgery and is one of only a few VA Medical Centers performing state-of-the-art transcatheter aortic valve replacement procedures.

SFVAMC also has the largest funded research program in the Veterans Health Administration with $81 million in research expenditures in FY 2019. The Medical Center is one of the few in the world equipped for studies using both whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and spectroscopy, and is the site of VA’s National Center for the Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases. Additionally, the San Francisco VA Medical Center has established a unique partnership with the Department of Defense (DoD) to study the basic neuroscience and neuroimaging of combat-related brain and spinal cord injuries, PTSD, fracture/polytrauma, and other neurological combat-related injuries and predictors of injuries of war fighters. This program is considered a national resource by the DoD.

Our Mission

Honor America's Veterans by providing exceptional health care that improves their health and well-being.

Our Motto

Helping Heroes Heal through Innovation, Compassion and Partnership.