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FAYETTEVILLE NC VA COASTAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM The Fayetteville Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Fayetteville VA Health Care Center are part of the Fayetteville NC VA Coastal Health Care System, one of the fastest-growing veterans health care systems in the nation with an enrollment of 190,000 veterans. The system includes one medical center in Fayetteville; two health care centers in Fayetteville and Wilmington; nine community-based outpatient clinics in outlying counties; and one jointly funded Veterans Affairs/Department of Defense Rehabilitation Center serving active-duty military members and veterans in Fayetteville. "We are committed to our core responsibility as a health care system providing our veterans world-class health care," says Dan Dücker, executive director of the Fayetteville NC VA Coastal Health Care System. "We continue to build a system with a focus on today's veteran and looking toward the future to continue innovation and leadership in health care." In Cumberland County, veterans can receive care at one of several VA facilities that provide primary care, women's health services, mental health care, pharmacy services, surgery, imaging services, and medical and specialty services. The system partners with the North Carolina State Veterans Home, which operates a 150-bed, long-term nursing home behind Fayetteville VA Medical Center on Ramsey Street. Health care services offered at the Ramsey Street and Raeford Road locations include cardiology; dermatology; neurology; gastrointestinal, pulmonary, gynecological, urological, and orthopedic care; and general surgery. The Fayetteville VA Dialysis Center, at 2301 Robeson St., provides kidney and renal care. For more information, call the VA Medical Center on Ramsey Street at 910-488-2120, the Raeford Road facility at 910-488-2120 or 800-771-6106, or the VA Dialysis Center at 910-483-9727. WOMACK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER Located in the heart of Fort Bragg, Womack Army Medical Center serves the health care needs of active-duty service members, their dependents and military retirees. Womack provides health care to about 200,000 Tricare beneficiaries. "Womack Army Medical Center is a Level 3-designated trauma center," says Col. Christopher G. Jarvis, commander of the medical center. "Our medical center provides high-quality, safe health care to a population of soldiers, their families and retirees. As a prominent trauma center in this region, we Here's to your health Hospital systems offer broad range of care C umberland County is home to Cape Fear Valley Health System, which has eight hospitals in the region. Overall, the system has more than 1,000 beds and sees more than 1 million patients annually. The private, not-for-profit organization has 7,400 employees and 1,300 providers on its medical staff. Its main campus is Cape Fear Valley Medical Center. Other facilities in the health system include Highsmith-Rainey Specialty Hospital, Cape Fear Valley Rehabilitation Center, Behavioral Health Care, Bladen County Hospital, Hoke Hospital, Health Pavilion North off Ramsey Street, Health Pavilion Hoke and Harnett Health. "Cape Fear Valley Health System's mission is to provide exceptional health care for every patient, and our goal is to improve the quality of every life we touch," says Mike Nagowski, CEO for the health system. "We are proud to be part of the communities that we serve across the region." Since Cape Fear Valley Medical Center opened in 1956, it has grown to become North Carolina's eighth-largest health system. It specializes in cardiac care, cancer treatment and surgical services as well as neuroscience, pediatrics, rehabilitation, orthopedics and more. Cape Fear Valley Health has a full-service Family Birth Center, as well as a Level 3 neonatal intensive care unit. It also hosts a thriving medical education program. Its new Center for Medical Education will provide space to train as many as 300 residents each year, nearly doubling the size of the current program. Residencies are in obstetrics and gynecology, internal medicine, emergency medicine, psychiatry, cardiology, general surgery, podiatry, pharmacy and a transitional year. The health system is obtaining approval for a child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship. For more information, call 910-615-4000. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO 38 DestinationFAY 2022-2023

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