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Services
Services Offered at the
Philadelphia PADRECC
Clinical Care
The Philadelphia PADRECC prides itself on comprehensive clinical care. It provides “one stop shopping”, meaning that a wide variety of services are available on site. This includes:
- Examination by a specialized advanced practice nurse and neurologist
- Examination by a physiatrist (rehab issues)
- Examination by a geriatric psychiatrist (psychiatric issues)
- Examination by a neuropsychologist (cognitive issues)
- Examination by a speech and swallowing specialist
- Consultation with a social worker
- Consultation with a pharmacist
- Consultation and examination by a neurosurgeon and neurophysiologist for surgical interventions and/or follow-up care
F urthermore, the Philadelphia PADRECC can provide referrals through the VA system for physical, occupational and speech therapy, wheelchairs, walkers, and other services to ensure complete therapeutic care.
The PADRECC team is willing to work with your private neurologist and/or become your primary PD care providers.
Education
The Philadelphia PADRECC is actively involved in both local and national educational initiatives for patients, families and clinicians. These programs include, but are not limited to:
- Educational fairs for patients and families on various PD topics
- Development and distribution of educational materials and handouts
- Monthly PADRECC support group
- Partnership with community support groups and area PD societies
- Collaboration with national PD not-for-profit organizations
- Nationally communicated PD programs
- National and international lectures for healthcare professionals
- Training opportunities for healthcare professionals
T he Philadelphia PADRECC also houses an Education Room for patients and families to use while visiting the center.
Research
The key to discovering new ways to control, delay and eventually cure PD is by testing new therapies and theories. The Philadelphia PADRECC performs research in the following areas:
- Drug therapies
- Surgical interventions, including Deep Brain Stimulation
- Gait and falling issues
- Depression and other psychiatric comorbidities
- Nationally communicated PD programs
- Basic science research (laboratory)
- Olfactory function (sense of smell in PD)
The Philadelphia PADRECC is proudly affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania’s Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorder Center at Pennsylvania Hospital.
PHILADELPHIA PADRECC SERVICE AREAS
Due to the growing number of Americans affected by Parkinson's disease, the Department of Veteran Affairs
has created six specialized centers known as Parkninson's Disease Research, Education and Clinical Centers or
"PADRECCs". These six centers are designed to treat veterans face with Parkinson's disease throughout the
entire United States. We, the Philadelphia VA Medical Center have been honored with one of the six
PADRECC facilities.
The Philadelphia PADRECC serves veterans in the pink and burgundy shaded areas of the United States.
Below you will find a listing of VA Medical Centers in our service area (Only the VA Medical centers indicated
with the  symbol have Consortium Centers).
VISN 1
Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital Phone: 781-687-2000 OR (800) 422-1617
(Bedford, MA)
Manchester VA Medical Center (Manchester, NH) Phone: (603) 624-4366 or (800) 892-8384
Northampton VA Medical Center (Leeds, MA) Phone: (413) 584-4040 or (800) 893-1522
Providence VA Medical Center (Providence, RI) Phone: (401) 273-7100 or (866) 590-2976
Togus VA Medical Center (Augusta, ME) Phone: (207) 623-8411 or (877) 421-8263
VA Boston Healthcare System, Brockton Campus (Brockton, MA) Phone: (508) 583-4500
VA Boston Healthcare System, Jamaica Plain Campus Phone: (617) 232-9500
(Jamaica Plain, MA)
VA Boston Healthcare System, West Roxbury Campus Phone: (617) 323-7700
(West Roxbury, MA)
VA Connecticut Healthcare SystemNewington Campus Phone: 860-666-6951
(Newington, CT)
VA Connecticut Healthcare SystemWest Haven Campus Phone: (203) 932-5711
(West Haven, CT)
White River Junction VA Medical Center Phone: (802) 295-9363 or (866) 687-8387
(White River Junction, VT)
VISN 2
Albany VA Medical Center: Samuel S. Stratton (Albany, NY) Phone: (518) 626-5000
Bath VA Medical Center (Bath, NY) Phone: (607) 664-4000 or (877) 845-3247
Canandaigua VA Medical Center (Canandaigua, NY) Phone: (585) 394-2000
Syracuse VA Medical Center (Syracuse, NY) Phone: (315) 425-4400 or (800) 792-4334
VA Western New York Healthcare System at Batavia (Batavia, NY) Phone: (585) 297-1000 or (888) 798-2302
VA Western New York Healthcare System at Buffalo (Buffalo, NY) Phone: (716) 834-9200 or (800) 532-8387
VISN 3
Brooklyn Campus of the VA NY Harbor HCS (Brooklyn, NY) Phone: (718) 836-6600
Castle Point Campus of the VA Hudson Valley HCS Phone: (845) 831-2000 or (800) 269-8749
(Castle Point, NY)
East Orange Campus of the VA New Jersey HCS (East Orange, NJ) Phone: (973) 676-1000
Franklin D. Roosevelt Campus of the VA Hudson Valley HCS Phone: (914) 737-4400 ext. 2400
(Montrose, NY) or (800) 269-8749
James J. Peters VA Medical Center (Bronx, NY) (Bronx, NY) Phone: (718) 584-9000 or (800) 877-6976
Lyons Campus of the VA New Jersey HCS (Lyons, NJ) Phone: (908) 647-0180
New York Campus of the VA NY Harbor HCS (New York, NY) Phone: (212) 686-7500
Northport VA Medical Center (Northport, NY) Phone: (631) 261-4400 or (800) 551-3996
VISN 4
Altoona - James E. Van Zandt VA Medical Center (Altoona, PA) Phone: (814) 943-8164
Butler VA Medical Center (Butler, PA) Phone: (724) 287-4781 or (800) 362-8262
Clarksburg - Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center (Clarksburg, WV) Phone: (304) 623-3461 or (800) 733-0512
Coatesville VA Medical Center (Coatesville, PA) Phone: (610) 384-7711
Erie VA Medical Center (Erie, PA) Phone: (814)868-8661 or (800)274-8387
Lebanon VA Medical Center (Lebanon, PA) Phone: (717) 272-6621 or (800) 409-8771
Philadelphia VA Medical Center (Philadelphia, PA) Phone: 800-949-1001 or 215-823-5800 
VA Pittsburgh HCS, H. John Heinz III Progressive Care Center Phone: (866) 482-7488 or (412) 688-6000
(Pittsburgh, PA)
VA Pittsburgh HCS, Highland Drive Division (Pittsburgh, PA) Phone: (412) 365-4900 or 1-866-4VAPITT
or (866) 482-7488
VA Pittsburgh HCS, University Drive Division (Pittsburgh, PA) Phone: 1-866-482-7488 (1-866-4VAPITT)
Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center (Wilkes-Barre, PA) Phone: (570) 824-3521/(877)928-2621
Wilmington VA Medical Center (Wilmington, DE) Phone: (302) 994-2511 or (800) 461-8262
VISN 5
Baltimore VA Rehabilitation and Extended Care Center (BRECC) Phone: 410-605-7000
(Baltimore, MD)
Baltimore VAMC - VA Maryland Health Care System Phone: 410-605-7000 or (800) 463-6295
(Baltimore, MD)
Martinsburg VA Medical Center (Martinsburg, WV) Phone: (304) 263-0811 or (800) 817-3807
Perry Point VAMC - VA Maryland Health Care System Phone: (410) 642-2411 or (800) 949-1003
(Perry Point, MD)
Washington DC VA Medical Center (Washington, DC) Phone: (202) 745-8000 or (888) 553-0242
VISN 10
Chalmers P. Wylie Independent Outpatient Clinic (Columbus, OH) Phone: (614) 257-5200 or (888) 615-9448
Chillicothe VA Medical Center (Chillicothe, OH) Phone: (740) 773-1141 or (800) 358-8262
Cincinnati VA Medical Center (Cincinnati, OH) Phone: (513) 861-3100 or (888) 267-7873
Dayton VA Medical Center (Dayton, OH) Phone: (937) 268-6511 or (800) 368-8262
Louis Stokes VA Medical Center (Cleveland, OH) Phone: (216) 791-3800
VISN 11
Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center Phone: (317) 554-0000 or (888) 878-6889
(Indianapolis VA Medical Center) (Indianapolis, IN)
VA Illiana Health Care System (Danville, IL) Phone: (217) 554-3000 or (800) 320-8387
VA Northern Indiana Health Care System - Marion Campus Phone: (765) 674-3321 or (800) 360-8387
(Marion, IN)
VA Northern Indiana Health Care System-Fort Wayne Campus Phone: (260) 426-5431 or (800) 360-8387
(Fort Wayne, IN)
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