Portland VA Medical Center

The Portland VA Medical Center sits on Marquam Hill in southwest Portland, Oregon, connected to the Oregon Health & Science University campus by an enclosed skybridge across a ravine. That physical link reflects a close institutional relationship: the affiliation with OHSU makes the facility a major teaching site for residents, fellows, and health professions students, and supports one of the more productive research programs in the VA system. A second campus in Vancouver, Washington, and community-based outpatient clinics extend access across Oregon and southwest Washington.

Services include inpatient medical and surgical care, intensive care, surgery, primary care, and a broad range of outpatient specialty clinics, alongside mental and behavioral health programs covering outpatient treatment, PTSD care, substance use treatment, and outreach to veterans experiencing homelessness. Extended care and rehabilitation services support an aging veteran population, and telehealth carries real weight for veterans in rural eastern and coastal Oregon. Nurses practice across critical care, medical-surgical, perioperative, outpatient, and mental health settings, with acuity reflecting the hospital's academic character and its role as the region's principal VA referral destination. Employment follows federal terms rather than the structures at OHSU, Legacy, or