Bay Pines VAHCS Monitoring Hurricane Matthew

General News

The Bay Pines VA Healthcare System (VAHCS) is monitoring Hurricane Matthew closely and assessing its anticipated impact across South Florida.  At this time, all Bay Pines VAHCS facilities and outpatient clinics are open and operating on their normal schedules. Patient appointments are continuing to be held at their scheduled times.

Veterans, their loved ones, and others can monitor the status of clinics by visiting www.baypines.va.gov/emergency/index.asp. They can also sign up to receive automatic email updates by filling in an email address in the “Emergency Email Updates” section located on the top right corner of this webpage. To learn about preparedness kits, family emergency plans and emergency preparedness information, visit www.ready.gov.

For up-to-date information from the Bay Pines VAHCS, check the webpage listed above regularly, sign up for Emergency Email Updates, like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/VABayPines, or follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/VABayPines.

About the Bay Pines VA Healthcare System The Bay Pines VAHCS is one of the nation’s leading VA healthcare systems, employing more than 4,000 medical professionals and support staff dedicated to providing the very best care to Veterans residing in southwest Florida. The organization is the fourth busiest VA health care system in the country in terms of patients served and is accredited by The Joint Commission, Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities, and several other nationally recognized accrediting organizations. The Bay Pines VAHCS operates nine facilities to include the main medical center located in Bay Pines and outpatient clinics located in Bradenton, Cape Coral, Naples, Palm Harbor, Port Charlotte, Sarasota, St. Petersburg, and Sebring. To learn more, please visit www.baypines.va.gov, like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/vabaypines, or follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/vabaypines.

About Jeff Cavanagh

Jeff Cavanagh spent his freshman year at St. Petersburg Junior College back in the early 70s before enlisting in the United States Navy. Soon after, he attended Jacksonville University on a Navy ROTC scholarship. After college, he was commissioned and became a qualified Surface Warfare Officer spending the next 22 years honing his skills as a ship-handler and expert recruiter before retiring in 1994. Jeff expresses a deep sense of pride in St. Petersburg College due to connections that go back many years. His father, Tom Cavanagh, was a career Air Force fighter pilot and combat veteran who taught Geography and Western Civilization at St. Petersburg Junior College in the 60’s and 70’s.