VA Medical Center Syracuse

Physician Practice

Practice Overview

Practice NameVA Medical Center Syracuse
Websitesyracuse.va.gov
Number of Physicians (MD/DO)4
Number of Locations12
About the Practice

The VA Syracuse Healthcare System provides comprehensive primary and specialty health services to Veterans across a 13-county area of central New York, operating the Syracuse VA Medical Center and 11 community-based outpatient clinics. [9, 13] The Syracuse VA Medical Center is a teaching hospital and a Center of Excellence for Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom and Polytrauma programs. [9] It serves as the principal referral center for neurosurgery and kidney stone treatment for Veterans in upstate New York and northern Pennsylvania. [9] The system offers a wide range of care including cancer care, cardiology, mental health care, pain management, palliative and hospice care, addiction treatment, and physical and occupational therapy. [2, 11, 14, 15]

Practice Locations (12)

Syracuse VA Medical Center, 800 Irving Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13210-2716
Auburn VA Clinic, 47 East Genesee Street, Auburn, NY 13021-4027
Binghamton VA Clinic, 203 Court Street, Binghamton, NY 13901-3601
Donald J. Mitchell Department of Veterans Affairs Rome VA Outpatient Clinic
Erie East VA Clinic, 910 Erie Boulevard East, 2nd Floor
Erie West VA Clinic, 620 Erie Boulevard West
Potsdam VA Clinic, 201 Market Street, Suite G
Oswego VA Clinic, 293 State Route 104, Suite 70
South Salina VA Clinic, 572 South Salina Street
Tompkins County VA Clinic, 2309 North Triphammer Road, Cayuga Shopping Center, Unit 3
Watertown 2 VA Clinic, 19472 US Route 11
Watertown VA Clinic, 1222 Arsenal Street, Suite 10A

Our Physicians (4)

Specialties
Emergency Medicine

1 physician

Family Medicine

1 physician

Internal Medicine

1 physician

Ophthalmology

1 physician

All Physicians

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Leadership Team

Michael DelDuca

Interim Medical Center Director

Steven Pflanz

Chief Of Staff

Shannon Welling

Associate Director for Patient and Nursing Service

Ginger Mitchell

Acting Associate Medical Center Director

Electronic Health Record System

Oracle (Cerner)

Primary Electronic Health Record System

Research Analysis
Methodology & Findings

The VA Medical Center Syracuse (syracuse.va.gov) uses the patient portal branded as My HealtheVet. This online portal allows veterans, active-duty service members, their dependents, and caregivers to access health information and manage aspects of their healthcare, such as refilling prescriptions, viewing appointments, and secure messaging with healthcare teams. My HealtheVet has recently been integrated into the broader VA.gov platform. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is currently in the process of modernizing its electronic health record (EHR) system. The VA is transitioning from its legacy system, known as Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VistA), to a new system which is a VA-adapted version of Oracle Cerner's Millennium EHR. This transition is part of a larger effort to create a seamless health record between the VA and the Department of Defense. However, the implementation of the new Oracle Cerner system is being rolled out in phases across VA facilities. Based on the available information, the Syracuse VA Medical Center is not listed among the sites that have already transitioned to the Oracle Cerner system or are scheduled to do so in the immediate future according to the provided search results. Therefore, the My HealtheVet portal used by the Syracuse VA Medical Center is likely still connected to the VistA EHR system.