Serving Missouri and much of the surrounding area, the United States Veterans Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri, is part of the Veterans Administration's Heartland Network of medical facilities. Located at 4801 Linwood Boulevard, the Veterans Medical Center offers a full range of medical services, from surgical, neurological and psychiatric to rehabilitation and therapy.
The U.S. Veterans Medical Center is a referral center for the Heartland Network, in close association with other medical centers located in three Kansas communities. This shared-services network allows the medical center to offer such specialty services as audiology, neurosurgery, renal transplants, specialized low vision care and much, much more. Situated on 40 acres, the medical center serves a population of well over 1 million, a population that includes thousands of veterans.
The U.S. Veterans Medical Center of Kansas City is also affiliated with the University of Kansas School of Medicine and works with numerous other medical services entities.
One of the most significant programs conducted in and through the medical center is the volunteer program supervised by the Community Relations department. Considerable effort is put into finding and training volunteers for positions that will truly serve the U.S. veteran. The main medical center is the hub of activity that includes five outpatient clinics located throughout the great Kansas City area. Additional outreach is accomplished through online services that instruct veterans how to make or change appointments or create a personal health record, for example.
Through the system's Telephone Care, veterans may contact the U.S. Veterans Medical Center of Kansas City 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at 1-816-922-2122 or 1-800-525-1483.
