Provenance: Origins of the VHA

Katie and Shawn are joined by Dr. Michael Gambone professor of history at Kutztown University and author of The Greatest Generation Comes Home: The Veteran in American Society and VA Chief Historian Michael Visconage for a discussion surrounding origins of the VHA’s forerunner, the Department of Medicine and Surgery, 75 years ago.

Show Notes

Standing Ready, VA, Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Affairs, Innovation, VHA, Veterans Health Administration, VA Podcast Network, Science, Historical Innovation, Veterans, Veteran, Healthcare, History, Shawn Spitler, Katie Delacenserie Learning, federal workforce, federal employees, federal government, Michael visconage, Michael Gambone, Kutztown University, Greatest Generation, The Greatest Generation Comes Home, Veteran in American Society, Historian, history, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Medicine and Surgery, Omar Bradley, Paul Hawley, wii, World War II, world war 2

What is Standing Ready?

Welcome to Standing Ready: An Inside Look at the Untold History of the VA's Medical Innovations. Join us as we elevate and highlight significant medical and scientific contributions of the nation's largest healthcare system.

Join us for interviews with VHA innovators and pioneers, exploring how VHA has changed the landscape of medicine over 75 years with topics on the history of prosthetic limbs, adaptive sports, how history has influenced VHA’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and more!

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