Veterans Health Administration
As members of the largest integrated healthcare delivery system in America and the fourth largest network in the Veterans Health Administration, VA Southeast Network (VISN 7) is committed to ensuring Veterans receive highly integrated and coordinated care and support services.
Located in one of the fastest growing regions across the nation, VISN 7 covers 244 counties in Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina; and provides oversight for eight major medical facilities located in Atlanta, Ga.; Augusta, Ga.; Dublin, Ga.; Birmingham, Ala.; Central Alabama; Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Charleston, S.C.; and Columbia, S.C. Two are dual-campus facilities; three facilities are complexity level 1A, two are 1C, one is level 2 and one is level 3.
3700 Crestwood Parkway
Suite 500
Duluth
GA
30096
678-924-5700
As members of the largest integrated healthcare delivery system in America and the fourth largest network in the Veterans Health Administration, VA Southeast Network (VISN 7) is committed to ensuring Veterans receive highly integrated and coordinated care and support services.
Located in one of the fastest growing regions across the nation, VISN 7 covers 244 counties in Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina; and provides oversight for eight major medical facilities located in Atlanta, Ga.; Augusta, Ga.; Dublin, Ga.; Birmingham, Ala.; Central Alabama; Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Charleston, S.C.; and Columbia, S.C. Two are dual-campus facilities; three facilities are complexity level 1A, two are 1C, one is level 2 and one is level 3.
3700 Crestwood Parkway
Suite 500
Duluth
GA
30096
678-924-5700
| Facility Name | State | Status Code | Additional Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| Augusta Vet Center | Georgia | CLOSED | We've closed our Vet Center at this time, due to weather-related issues. We're conducting all appointments virtually. Please contact us by phone or online. If you need to speak with someone confidentially, please call us anytime 24/7 at 877-927-8387. |
| Birmingham VA Mobile Clinic | Alabama | LIMITED | The MMU will primarily deliver care that is specialized to assist Veterans who are currently homeless, and many who are formerly homeless but have difficulty getting to care at a VA facility. |
| Charleston VA Clinic | South Carolina | NOTICE | This is NOT a VA Clinic. If you wish to contact the Community Resource and Referral Center, please call 843-577-5011. If you are looking to receive health care please visit one of our other system locations that are ready to support you in your health care journey. |
| Myrtle Beach VA Clinic | South Carolina | LIMITED | The Myrtle Beach VA Clinic is open. Our outpatient clinic offers primary care and specialty health services, including mental health services, radiology, and optometry. |
| North Charleston VA Clinic | South Carolina | LIMITED | The Trident VA Clinic is open with limited in-person services. All virtual services of care are active. All urgent and emergency operations are open for in-person care, including mental health. |
| Northeast Cobb County VA Clinic | Georgia | CLOSED | Please contact the Atlanta VA Healthcare System at 40-321-6111 for updated information. |
| Trident VA Clinic | South Carolina | LIMITED | The Trident VA Clinic is open with limited in-person services. All virtual services of care are active. All urgent and emergency operations are open for in-person care, including mental health. |
Find a VISN 07 Medical Center or Clinic near you. Click on the location below to learn more about each healthcare system, including its outpatient clinics.
Atlanta VA Health Care System (Decatur, Georgia)
VA Augusta Health Care System (Augusta, Georgia)
Birmingham VA Health Care System (Birmingham, Alabama)
VA Central Alabama Health Care System (Montgomery/Tuskegee, Alabama)
Ralph H. Johnson VA Health Care System (Charleston, South Carolina)
Columbia VA Health Care System (Columbia, South Carolina)
VA Dublin Healthcare System (Dublin, Georgia)
VA Tuscaloosa Healthcare System (Tuscaloosa, Alabama)
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When you can’t see a VA health care provider in person, here are some ways to connect to VA virtually—by text, chat, secure messaging, online, over the phone, and using apps.
Availability:
VA Health Connect is a phone call away wherever you are. You’ll talk to a real person who will get you the help you need. If you’re not sure which number to call, visit Find VA Locations or VHA Facility Search to identify your regional health facility.
Hours of Operation:
24/7, 365 days a year
How to access:
By telephone or chat, in participating locations.
Services:
Who will I speak with?
Depending on what you need, you’ll speak with a medical support assistant, registered nurse, medical provider, pharmacist or pharmacy technician.
Tele-Emergency Care Program is designed to provide you with same-day care for a variety of injuries or illnesses from the comfort of your home. Tele-Emergency Care can help treat many common conditions such as:
VISN 7’s Tele-Emergency Care Program is staffed with experienced emergency physicians, nurses, and support personnel trained to handle various medical conditions. The program also includes integrated care coordination, ensuring that you receive follow-up care and support after your initial consultation.
The Clinical Contact Center also provides you with assistance in meeting your clinical, pharmacy, scheduling, and administrative needs. It provides the right care at the right time, to enhance your patient outcome and experience.
The VISN 7 VA Health Connect Clinical Contact Center can be reached at 1-855-679-0214.
When a Veteran calls the number and selects option three, a nurse will evaluate the patient’s symptoms. If needed, the Veteran will be transferred to Tele-Emergency Care for immediate assistance. Tele-EC hours of operation are 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.
The PACT Act is a law that expands VA health care and benefits for Veterans exposed to burn pits, Agent Orange, and other toxic substances. This law helps us provide generations of Veterans—and their survivors—with the care and benefits they’ve earned and deserve.
This page will help answer your questions about what the PACT Act means for you or your loved ones: https://www.va.gov/resources/the-pact-act-and-your-va-benefits/
For Women Veterans, VA is Here
VA welcomes women Veterans. We are committed to providing high-quality services in a sensitive and safe environment at all VA facilities. Women Veteran Program Managers are available at each VA medical center to assist women Veterans with questions and coordinate services (see contact information on this page).
Each woman Veteran is assigned a Women’s Health Primary Care Provider. These experienced providers are trained to deliver comprehensive primary care, as well as routine women’s health care. You will be at the center of a Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) where a provider, nurse, and others will work with you to manage your health care:
Learn more about the gender-specific services VA has to offer
Women Veterans Call Center
The Women Veterans Call Center provides women Veterans information about VA services and resources, benefits, and eligibility. The toll-free line is available Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m.–10:00 p.m. ET and on Saturdays 8:00 a.m.–6:30 p.m. ET. Please see our Women Veterans Call Center website or call 855-VA-WOMEN (855-829-6636). Call, chat, or text are all available.
For Public Affairs matters, send a note to VISN 7 Office of Communications.
For Veterans benefits-related complaints and issues, contact the Atlanta Regional Office.
Open Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Network Director
Dr. David M. Walker was appointed the Network Director for the VA Southeast Network (VISN 7), Duluth, GA, effective July 2021. Before his appointment, he was the Interim Network Director for the VA MidSouth Healthcare Network (VISN 9) since January 2021 and the Director for the GV (Sonny) Montgomery Veterans’ Hospital and Clinics (GVMVAMC) in Jackson, MS, since December 2015.
As Director of the VA Southeast Network, Dr. Walker oversees the fourth-largest Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) with an allocated budget of $6.2 billion for FY22. Historically among the fastest growing, VISN is projected to become the third-largest VA network by FY24.
In this role, he leads over 21,500 employees, eight healthcare systems comprised of 12 Medical Centers, and 62 Community Based Outpatient Clinics in Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina, providing coverage for nearly 1.3 million Veterans. VA Southeast Network serves 25 Congressional Districts, 13 Vet Centers, eight State Veterans Homes, three VBA Regional Offices, seven National Cemeteries, and three State Veteran Cemeteries.
Dr. Walker is board certified in Psychiatry and is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He has also served as president of the Kentucky Psychiatric Medical Association. Dr. Walker graduated from the military medical school, the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, and completed a United States Air Force (USAF)/civilian psychiatry training program and a subsequent forensic psychiatry fellowship training program at the University of South Carolina. As a USAF forensic psychiatrist, he helped reestablish the service-wide Wilford Hall Medical Center Air Force Forensic Psychiatry Evaluation Service.
After completing his military service, he served as Clinical Director of Forensic Services for Georgia’s only maximum-security forensic hospital. Dr. Walker also has publications related to military psychiatric topics, including a book chapter published in 2020 on Fitness for Duty in the US Military. From 2001 to 2010, Dr. Walker served five times as a board examiner for the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. In 2019 Dr. Walker presented at the VA TEDx event on changing culture through commitment management.
Dr. Walker completed a Bachelor of Science at the University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, in 1987, a Doctor of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, in 1991, and a Master of Business Administration degree (MBA) in 2012 at the University of Louisville, Louisville, KY.
Network Director
Deputy Network Director
Ms. Benita Miller was appointed Deputy Network Director for the VA Southeast Network (VISN 7) in September 2019. Ms. Miller oversees financial, capital, and planning resources in her role.
Ms. Miller served as Chief Operating Officer/Associate Director at the Hampton, Virginia, VA Medical Center from July 2010 to September 2013. In this role, Ms. Miller directed strategic and administrative operations for a $270 million operational budget in a facility serving over 40,000 Veterans. Ms. Miller served as Interim Medical Center Director at the Hampton VAMC from June 2012 to January 2013.
Ms. Miller served as the Chief Benefits Officer for the Veterans Health Administration from September 2013 to January 2016. Ms. Miller began her career with the Department of Veterans Affairs in 1998. During her tenure with VA, she has held positions in various capacities, including Clinical Social Worker, Administrative Officer for Primary Care and Sub-Specialty Medicine, Advanced Clinical Access Coordinator, Executive Assistant to the Director, and VISN Health System Specialist. Ms. Miller also served as the Administrator of the Waco, Texas, VA Medical Center, where she managed regulatory compliance, fiscal operations, and significant capital structure improvements.
Ms. Miller received a Bachelor of Social Work from South Carolina State University, a Master of Social Work from the University of South Carolina, and a Master of Health Administration from Baylor University. Ms. Miller is Board Certified as a Fellow in the American College of Health Care Executives (ACHE). She is a Licensed Independent Social Worker – Clinical Practice. Ms. Miller graduated from the VA Health Care Leadership Institute and the VA Executive Career Field Candidate Development Program. Ms. Miller is a member of the VHA Healthcare Leadership Development Advisory board. She is a recipient of the 2015 ACHE Regent’s Senior Healthcare Leader Award. Ms. Miller is a 2019 graduate of the U. S. Office of Personnel Management’s Senior Executive Assessment Program.
Deputy Network Director
Acting Chief Medical Officer
Dr. Ijeoma Kene-Ewulu was appointed Acting Chief Medical Officer at the VA Southeast Network (VISN 7) as of March 1, 2024. Before her appointment, she was the Deputy Chief Medical Officer.
Dr. Ijeoma Kene-Ewulu is a Board-Certified Internist and member of the American Association of Physician Leaders. Her previous experience includes many years of clinical practice as a General Surgeon, Hospitalist, and Physician Leader. Most recently she has been the Director of VISN 7 Clinical Resource Hub (CRH). Dr. Kene-Ewulu is a Member of the American College of Healthcare Executives, a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and is American Board of Internal Medicine certified.
She has worked for 12 years with the VA, serving in different roles as a Primary Care Physician and Team Lead, Hospitalist, Clinical Director, Interim Chief of Staff Carl Vinson VAHCS Dublin, Interim Chief of Staff Atlanta VAHCS and Acting Chief of Staff VA Northeast Ohio Cleveland. Dr. Kene-Ewulu is a graduate of the Health Care Leadership Development Program (HCLDP), VISN 7 Clinical Leadership Executive Training Program, and is a Leadership VA (LVA) 2021 Fellow.
Dr. Kene-Ewulu is a certified Prosci® Change Practitioner, a Lean Black Belt and has led multiple quality initiatives at different healthcare services, contributing to improving patient experience, patient care quality and in building a Highly Reliable Organization (HRO).
She has served as a Clinical Faculty member for several years and is currently on the Clinical faculty for CDC Preventive Medicine Residency and Fellowship (PMR/F), and Emory University Family Medicine Residency.
In her leisure time she enjoys shared interests with her husband Kene and three children, including playing tennis, badminton, travel, music, and community service.
Acting Chief Medical Officer
Chief Operating Officer
Ms. R. Shuron Hunter, MSHA, VHA-CM, was appointed Chief Operating Officer for the VA Southeast Network (VISN 7) in October 2019. Ms. Hunter began her career with the Department of Veterans Affairs in 2001 as an Administrative Resident. During her tenure, she has held positions with increasing responsibility, including Administrative Officer for Mental Health, Administrative Officer for Surgery, Facility Planner, Health System Specialist, and Associate Director. Due to Ms. Hunter’s noted ability to effectively lead staff while increasing performance, she has served as Interim Chief of Mental Health, Interim Chief of Engineering, and Interim Assistant Director.Â
Ms. Hunter received a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Tuskegee University, a Master of Science in Health Administration from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and a Certificate in Gerontology from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Ms. Hunter is a VHA Certified Mentor and a Network Executive Healthcare Leadership Institute graduate. Ms. Hunter is also a 2019 graduate of the U. S. Office of Personnel Management’s Senior Executive Assessment Program.
Chief Operating Officer
Quality Management Officer
Ms. Annette Wyatt, RN, was appointed Quality Management Officer for the VA Southeast Network (VISN 7) in January 2021. In this role, she leads and oversees all quality-related operations across the network and ensures the network’s eight healthcare systems provide safe, high-quality care.
Ms. Wyatt is a results-driven senior healthcare professional who began her career as a registered nurse at the Birmingham VA Medical Center in 1991. Her more than 30 years of progressive, diverse leadership experience at Birmingham includes serving as the Assistant Medical Center Director, Director of Quality Management, Primary Care Director, Interim Chief of the Blind Rehabilitation Center, Business Management Liaison Case Manager, Medicine-Surgical Case Manager, Transplant Coordinator, a certified Emergency Department trauma nurse, and a staff nurse for many of the inpatient units.
Ms. Wyatt received an Associate Degree from Jefferson State Community College in 1989, a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in 1991, and a Master of Science in Nursing Degree from Troy University in 1997. In 1998, she received the Secretary Veteran Affairs Hands and Heart Award. Ms. Wyatt completed the Network Executive Health Care Leadership Institute 2011. She is certified in Health Care Data Analytics and is a VHA certified Mentor.
Quality Management Officer
Chief Nursing Officer
Ms. Latrouna L. Tobias, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, was appointed Chief Nursing Officer for VA Southeast Network (VISN 7), effective July 17, 2022. Ms. Tobias was born and raised in Liberty, MS. She received her bachelor’s degree in Biology from Jackson State University (1998), Associate in Applied Sciences from Hinds Community College/Allied Health (2001), and master’s degree in Nursing Science from the University of Phoenix (2010). She is board certified as a Nurse Executive Advanced (NEA-BC) and is a member of the Mississippi Nurses Association and the American Nurse Association.
Ms. Tobias began her career as a registered nurse 21 years ago. She worked as a Student Nurse Technician at the G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VAMC from 2000-2001. Ms. Tobias provided Baptist Medical Center, Jackson, MS, with six years of quality service as a staff nurse assigned to Medical-Surgical and ICU care. In August 2007, Ms. Tobias rejoined the VA family as a staff nurse in the Surgical ICU.
Before being appointed the VISN 7 Chief Nursing Officer, Ms. Tobias was the Deputy Associate Director of Patient Care Services (DADPCS) for the G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VAMC. During her 15-year tenure with the Jackson VAMC, she served as Nurse Manager as the Chief Nurse Ambulatory & Clinical Support Services, providing oversight for the Emergency Department, Primary Care, Outpatient Specialty Clinics, Clinical Call Center, Dialysis, and various National programs such as Health Promotion Disease Prevention, Safe Patient Handling, External Peer Review Program, Transition and Care Management Program, and the Interprofessional Pressure Injury Program. She provided provisional oversight for the medical center’s 33-bed Medical-Surgical/Telemetry/Oncology Unit. As an executive consultant, Ms. Tobias served a 120-day detail assignment in Care in the Community. Without a nurse executive, Ms. Tobias served as the Acting Associate Director, Patient Care Services for the G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VAMC from May-November 2021.
Ms. Tobias serves as a coach and mentor. She attended the virtual FY21 VHA New Executive (NExT) Training Program. Ms. Tobias represented the G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VAMC at the 2019 National High-Reliability Organization (HRO) Conference resulting in the development of a Care Coordination Team in Primary Care that provides quality care to non-enrollees during the transitional period from the community back to VA for immediate healthcare needs.
Chief Nursing Officer
When you can't see a VA health care provider in person, here are some ways to connect to VA virtually — by text, chat, secure messaging, online, over the phone, and using apps. Explore each option and decide which is best for you.
