Specialization Of Robert J. Dole VA Medical Center
Cancer Surgery
Cardiology
Cosmetic Surgery
Daibetes, Endocrinology
Endocrinology
Gastro-enterology
General Surgeon
Gynaecology
Internal Medicine
Nephrology
Neurologist
Ophthalmology
Pain Management
Pathology Lab
Pharmacology
Plastic Surgery
Podiatry
Pulmonology
Sleepless mess
Urology
Vascular Surgeon
About Robert J. Dole VA Medical Center
We provide you with health care services at 7 locations in Kansas. Facilities include our Robert J. Dole VA Medical Center in Wichita and 5 community-based outpatient clinics located in Dodge City, Hays, Hutchinson, Parsons, and Salina. We also operate a low-vision rehabilitation clinic in Wichita, and a mobile care unit for Veterans who can’t easily visit our facilities. To learn more about the services each location offers, visit the VA Wichita health services page.
We provide evidence-based services for low-vision rehabilitation, spinal cord dysfunction, traumatic brain injury (TBI), homelessness, mental health care, prosthetics, orthotics, and extended care.
Fast facts
VA Wichita health care serves Veterans in 59 counties in Kansas. We treated more than 30,000 Veterans in 2020 and completed more than 350,000 outpatient visits.
We expanded the emergency department at Robert J. Dole VA Medical Center in 2019. We now have 11 treatment beds and can serve 20,000 Veterans who need emergency care each year.
Our substance abuse residential rehabilitation facility will open in 2021. The unit has 12 beds, group counseling areas, and clinical treatment rooms.
Nearly 23% of our patients used our telehealth services in 2020 to speak to doctors from the comfort of their homes.
Our hospital opened Nov. 16, 1933. In 2002, it was renamed in honor of former U.S. Senator Robert Joseph Dole of Kansas. As an Army lieutenant, Dole was severely injured by gunfire in World War II. As a senator, he was a staunch advocate for Veterans and those with disabilities.
The VA Wichita Healthcare System is one of the leading health care systems serving Veterans in the VA Heartland Network. We’re an innovative care center within the Veterans Integrated Service Network 15 (VISN 15), which includes medical centers and clinics in Missouri, Kansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, and Arkansas.
