1601 Perdido Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70146

The Veterans Administration Hospital in New Orleans is a 581-bed hospital located in the heart of the city. An integral part of a great medical center, the VA Hospital, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, and Tulane University School of Medicine, the Charity Hospital of Louisiana, as well as five of the city's 19 hospitals, are all within a radius of six blocks.

The hospital was dedicated in 1952 and consists of a 10-story main building with auxiliary buildings housing administrative offices, research facilities, animal house, day-treatment center, day hospital, and an outpatient drug-treatment center. The hospital serves the southern third of the state of Louisiana and portions of Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida, with a veteran population of about 250,000.

The hospital is accredited for residency training programs in nine specialties and ten subspecialties, and is also affiliated with the two medical schools and the LSU School of Dentistry.