Department of Veterans Affairs

Revolutionizing Parkinson's Disease Care for Our Veterans

Welcome to the portal page for the Veterans Affairs (VA) Parkinson's Disease, Research, Education and Clinical Centers (PADRECCs) and the National VA Parkinson's Disease Consortium websites.  As the largest healthcare system in the nation, the VA treats approximately 40,000 veterans with Parkinson's disease (PD) each year.  In response to this overwhelming demand, the VA has launched a wide scale campaign to revolutionize available services for veterans with PD and related movement disorders.  In 2001, the VA established six Parkinson's Disease Research, Education and Clinical Centers (PADRECCs).  The PADRECCs serve as Centers of Excellence by providing state-of-the-art clinical care, groundbreaking research, and national education and outreach.  The Consortium was founded two years later as a mechanism to network and train nationally dispersed VA providers thereby embedding specialty care throughout the healthcare system.