West Los Angeles VA Medical Center

The West Los Angeles VA Medical Center occupies a large campus near Brentwood on Wilshire Boulevard, serving as the main site of the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, among the largest and most complex VA operations nationally. The campus itself has drawn sustained public attention over the use of its extensive grounds and the scale of veteran homelessness in the surrounding city, which has shaped substantial investment in housing and outreach programs alongside clinical care. An affiliation with the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine supports teaching for residents, fellows, and health professions students.

Services include inpatient medical and surgical care, intensive care, surgery, primary care, and an extensive range of outpatient specialty clinics, alongside mental and behavioral health programs covering outpatient treatment, PTSD care, substance use treatment, and some of the VA's most substantial homeless outreach and housing efforts. Extended care and rehabilitation support an aging veteran population. Community-based outpatient clinics extend access across Los Angeles and surrounding counties. Nurses practice across critical care, medical-surgical, perioperative, outpatient, mental health, and long-term care settings, with acuity and case complexity reflecting an academic referral center serving one of the country's largest veteran populations.