James J. Peters VA Medical Center explained

James J. Peters VA Medical Center
Org/Group:Veterans Health Administration
Location:Fordham[1]
Region:The Bronx
State:New York
Country:US
Healthcare:Veterans Health Administration
Funding:Government
Type:Teaching
Affiliation:Icahn School of Medicine, North Central Bronx Hospital[2] Hospital for Special Surgery
Network:Veterans Integrated Service Networks 2: VA NY/NJ Veterans Healthcare Network
Beds:311 hospital and 120 nursing home beds
Publictransit: New York City Subway: at Kingsbridge Road
at Kingsbridge Road
at Marble Hill–225th Street
New York City Bus:
Metro-North Railroad: at Marble Hill
Former-Names:
  • United States Veterans' Hospital No. 81
  • Bronx Veterans Hospital
  • Bronx Veterans Administration Hospital
  • Bronx Veterans Administration Medical Center
Opened:
  • original campus
  • current main building
  • research building
Other Links:Hospitals in The Bronx

The James J. Peters VA Medical Center, (also known as the Bronx Veterans Hospital), is a US Department of Veterans Affairs hospital complex located at 130 West Kingsbridge Road in West Fordham, Bronx, New York City. The hospital is the headquarters of the Veterans Integrated Service Networks New York/New Jersey VA Health Care Network.[3] This network is also the parent network to VA New York Harbor Healthcare System.

The campus falls under the jurisdiction of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs Police and the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Inspector General.

History

During the American Revolutionary War, the site of the medical center was the location of British '"Fort Number 6" (1777–1779).[4] During the 19th century, the land was part of the estate of Nathaniel Platt Bailey.[5] The site then became the property of the Sisters of Charity of New York who turned it into the Bronx Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum.[6] [7] [8] The hospital opened as United States Veterans' Hospital no. 81 on April 15, 1922.[9] [10] [11]

By the 1970s, the original hospital had deteriorated to the point that a Life magazine article was written about it.[12] [13] One of the hospital's patients during this time period was Ron Kovic, who described the hospital as having "deplorable conditions".[14] [15] The hospital was eventually rebuilt in the late 1970s to address these issues.[16] [17] [18]

The Bronx Veterans hospital was renamed after James J. Peters in 2002.[19] Peters, a US Army veteran, was patient of the Bronx Veterans Hospital who founded several organizations to address the needs of patients with spinal cord injuries, including the United Spinal Association, originally known as the Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association.[20]

The Fisher House Foundation is building two Fisher houses on the James J. Peters VA Medical Center grounds in 2018.[21]

Research

The hospital has been a center of medical research for decades. Ludwik Gross who became the director of the Cancer Research Division started his research at the hospital in 1944.[22] Beginning in the 1950s Rosalyn Sussman Yalow and Solomon Berson conducted research into radioimmunoassay. Their laboaratory at one point was a repurposed janitor's closet. The research culminated in Yalow receiving the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.[23] (Her collaborator, Solomon Berson, who died in 1972 was not eligible for the prize, as Nobel prizes are not awarded posthumously.)[24] In 1966 James Cimino and Michael J. Brescia developed the Cimino-Brescia fistula.[25]

In 1985 a dedicated five storey medical research building connected to the main building was erected.[26] [27] The research building contains the Spinal Cord Damage Research Center, established due to the efforts of the Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association (now United Spinal Association) and its director James J. Peters.[28]

Personnel

Deaths of notable people

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bailey Playground Highlights : NYC Parks . www.nycgovparks.org . New York City Department of Parks and Recreation . October 9, 2020.
  2. Web site: ACGME – Accreditation Data System (ADS) 1403531517 – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Bronx) Program. apps.acgme.org. December 14, 2017.
  3. Web site: New York/New Jersey VA Health Care Network. www.visn2.va.gov. en. December 15, 2017.
  4. Web site: Numbered Forts in New York City . New York State Military History Museum . New York State Military History Museum . October 9, 2020.
  5. Web site: New York City Revolutionary War Forts . North American Forts . October 9, 2020.
  6. Book: Jenkins. Stephen. The Story of the Bronx from the Purchase Made by the Dutch from the Indians in 1639 to the Present Day. 1912. G.P. Putnam's Sons. 343–344. roman catholic orphan asylum bronx.. January 30, 2018. en.
  7. Book: Twomey. Bill. Casey. Thomas X.. Northwest Bronx. 2011. Arcadia Publishing. 9780738574660. 41. January 30, 2018. en.
  8. Book: McAuley. Kathleen A.. Hermalyn. Gary. The Bronx. 2010. Arcadia Publishing. 9780738573151. 78. January 30, 2018. en.
  9. News: Veterans' Hospital Opens in the Bronx – Archbishop Hayes and Group of Prominent Persons Attend Dedication Exercises – Beds Provided for 1,000 – Radio Consultation Conducted With Physician on Ship Seventy-Five Miles Away. April 16, 1922. New York Times. October 4, 2015. 23.
  10. Web site: About the James J. Peters VA Medical Center. va.gov. United States Department of Veterans Affairs. December 14, 2017.
  11. Web site: VA locations. va.gov. United States Department of Veterans Affairs. October 4, 2015.
  12. Web site: Childs . Charles . Rentmeester . Co . Our Forgotten Wounded . Life magazine . December 9, 2018 . Google Books . 24D – 34 . en . May 22, 1970.
  13. Web site: Bohica . Our Forgotten Wounded (graphic heavy) . Daily Kos . December 9, 2018 . April 17, 2005.
  14. Web site: Scheer . Robert . Ron Kovic and the Continuing Struggle for Veterans . KCRW . December 9, 2018 . en . February 19, 2016.
  15. News: Lopez . Steve . Forty years after 'Fourth of July,' Ron Kovic still speaking up against war . December 9, 2018 . . November 8, 2014.
  16. News: Duddy . James . Picket Kingsbridge for minority jobs . December 9, 2018 . Newspapers.com . New York Daily News . February 24, 1976 . ML7 . en.
  17. News: Prox Raps VA over cost of Bronx building . December 9, 2018 . Newspapers.com . New York Daily News . March 17, 1975 . 24 . en.
  18. News: Lane . Robert . Attack St. Albans' Beaching . December 9, 2018 . Newspapers.com . New York Daily News . July 8, 1973 . B2 . en.
  19. Web site: Paid Notice: Deaths – Peters, James J.. The New York Times. December 14, 2017. September 11, 2002.
  20. Bodner. Donald R. Murphy. Carolann. Pioneer in Advocacy: The Legacy of James J. Peters. The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine. October 2009. 32. 5. 501–502. 20025146. 2792456. 1079-0268. 10.1080/10790268.2009.11754552.
  21. Web site: Bronx Fisher Houses I & II. www.fisherhouse.org. December 15, 2017.
  22. Book: Hays . Marguerite T. . A Historical Look at the Department of Veterans Affairs Research and Development Program . 2010 . Department of Veterans Affairs’ Office of Research and Development . 104 . PDF . February 18, 2022.
  23. Web site: Gellene . Denise . June 1, 2011 . Rosalyn S. Yalow, 89, Nobel Physicist . December 22, 2017 . The New York Times.
  24. Web site: June 1, 2016 . Rosalyn Yalow and Solomon A. Berson . February 18, 2022 . Science History Institute . en.
  25. Brescia . Michael J. . Cimino . James E. . Appel . Kenneth . Hurwich . Baruch J. . November 17, 1966 . Chronic Hemodialysis Using Venipuncture and a Surgically Created Arteriovenous Fistula . New England Journal of Medicine . 275 . 20 . 1089–1092 . 10.1056/NEJM196611172752002 . 0028-4793 . 5923023.
  26. Web site: Bronx Veterans Medical Research Building . https://web.archive.org/web/20220218213436/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/1455310/bronx-veterans-medical-research-building-new-york-city-ny-usa . dead . February 18, 2022 . February 18, 2022.
  27. Book: Final Report of the VA Research Infrastructure Program . Department of Veterans Affairs’ Office of Research and Development . (3-75)–(3-76) . PDF . February 18, 2022.
  28. Moakley . Terence J. . 2003 . Memorial - James J. Peters, 1945–2002 . PDF . Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development . 40 . 1 . iii-iv . February 18, 2022.
  29. Web site: Gellene. Denise. Rosalyn S. Yalow, 89, Nobel Physicist. The New York Times. December 22, 2017. June 1, 2011.
  30. Brescia . Michael J. . Cimino . James E. . Appel . Kenneth . Hurwich . Baruch J. . Chronic Hemodialysis Using Venipuncture and a Surgically Created Arteriovenous Fistula . New England Journal of Medicine . November 17, 1966 . 275 . 20 . 1089–1092 . 10.1056/NEJM196611172752002 . 5923023 . 0028-4793.
  31. Web site: May 15, 2014. Western immigrants honored at Knesset award ceremony. The Times of Israel.
  32. News: Charles Lieber, Studied Alcohol as Toxin, Is Dead at 78. Lawrence K.. Altman. March 10, 2009. March 11, 2009. The New York Times.
  33. Web site: Dr. Larry J. Siever MD . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220823220400/https://health.usnews.com/doctors/larry-siever-14439 . August 23, 2022 . usnews.com.
  34. Web site: PASSINGS. Los Angeles Times. December 22, 2017. April 27, 2009.
  35. Web site: Kovic. Ron. Born on the Fourth of July: The Long Journey Home :: PEJ News. https://web.archive.org/web/20070927030105/http://pej.org/html/print.php?sid=2718. dead. September 27, 2007. December 22, 2017. September 27, 2007. Most of them were not even born when I came home wounded to the Bronx V.A. (hospital) in 1968..

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