Long Beach State Athletic Medicine

VA Long Beach Healthcare System, based in Long Beach, Calif., provides medical services, health care and outpatient treatment to United States veterans in the surrounding area. The system s services include pharmaceutical, dental, mental health care and surgical care. Along with the VA Long Beach Healthcare System facility the network includes health clinics in Anaheim, Santa Ana and Whittier/Santa Fe, Calif. The system is a part of the VA Desert Pacific Healthcare Network that encompasses health care services to veterans in such areas as San Diego, Loma Linda and Los Angeles, Calif., and Las Vegas, Nev. All VA Systems fall under the National Department of Veteran Affairs in Washington, D.C., the United States government cabinet department that addresses the issues and needs of the country s veterans and their families.