The
Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center is located
on 125 acres on the western edge of Milwaukee and
part of VA Integrated Services Network 12 (VISN
12), which includes facilities in Iron Mountain,
MI; Tomah and Madison, WI, and North Chicago,
Hines, and Chicago. The Medical Center delivers
primary, secondary, and tertiary medical care in
168 care acute operating beds and provides over
500,000 visits annually through an extensive
outpatient program. The nursing home care unit of
113 beds offers geriatric programming and the 356
domiciliary beds are the locus of programs in
Substance Abuse Rehabilitation, Psychiatric
Rehabilitation and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
care.
In an effort to improve access to veterans in Milwaukee County, the VAMC has deployed a mobile clinic that provides primary care four days a week to veterans. The Medical Center also assists the Vet Center located in the City of Milwaukee. In addition, this Medical Center participates in a four-way partnership with the WDVA, the Center for Veterans Issues, Ltd., and the Social Development Commission, to operate Vets Place Central, a 72-bed transitional housing program. Milwaukee also has community based outpatient clinics in Appleton, Cleveland, Green Bay, and Union Grove, Wisconsin. These programs serve a veteran population of 234,953 in southeastern and east central Wisconsin.
Special programs include interventional
radiology, cardiac surgery, comprehensive cancer
care including radiation therapy, an extensive
telemedicine program with the Iron Mountain, MI
VAMC, a Spinal Cord Injury Unit, and, in long
term care, a Geriatric Evaluation and Management
Program and a palliative care program.
The
Medical Center is the VA Great Lakes Health Care
System's northern tier hub for both imaging, and
pathology/ laboratory medicine.
Mission
The Mission of the Milwaukee VA is to provide:
- Medical Care
- Education
- Research
- Back up to D.o.D.
Vision
Men and women serving together with honor and compassion, as leaders in patient-centered care – one veteran at a time.

