Jewish War Veterans Albert Aronovitz Post #373

13000 Bruce B. Downs Boulevard
Tampa, FL 33612-4745

Contact Numbers
Main Hospital: (813) 972-2000
Hospital Leadership: (813) 972-7536
Patient Advocates: (813) 978-5856
Media Inquiries: (813) 979-3645

The James A. Haley VA Medical Center is a 327 bed tertiary care teaching hospital, with 300 authorized nursing home care beds (180 in Tampa, and 120 beds in Orlando) and is dedicated to providing the highest quality of patient care and services to veterans in Central Florida. The full range of inpatient and outpatient care is provided including Medicine (111 beds), Surgical (61 beds), Psychiatry (50 beds), Neurology (7 beds), as well as a 60-bed Spinal Cord Injury Service, a 38 bed Comprehensive Rehabilitation Center. Tampa is also responsible for one major Satellite Outpatient Clinic in New Port Richey, as well as one Readjustment Counseling Center in Tampa. Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) are located in various counties throughout Central Florida such as; Lakeland (Polk), Brooksville (Hernando); and Zephyrhills (Pasco).The Tampa VAMC and its facilities serves veterans in four counties of Central Florida: Hernando, Hillsborough, Polk and Pasco.

Click here for more information (the hospital web site).

Directions to the Hospital

From I-275, exit at Fowler Avenue and go East; from I-75, exit at Fowler Avenue and go West.

At Bruce B. Downs Boulevard, turn North. About 1/2 mile ahead is an overpass going from USF on the right side to James Haley VA Hospital on the left side. About 1/8th of a mile before the overpass is a turn lane going into the hospital grounds. If you miss the turn, there is another turn lane just before the overpass.

Directions to the Post Meeting Location
After you enter the hospital grounds there is parking on the right side and a fence on the left side. Go straight down the road and proceed through intersection with the stop sign. At the second road after the stop sign, turn right. Ahead of you is a roundabout and the main entrance to the SC1 unit. Park in any open parking space not marked for the handicapped. Go in the main entrance, where you'll see a stained glass window ahead of you. Turn left at the stained glass window. Our meeting room is the second door on your left where the large windows are.