Site Profile: Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center

McGuire VA Medical Center, located in Richmond, Virginia, is a 409-bed facility and tertiary care referral center for traumatic brain injury (TBI). The Polytrauma Rehabilitation Center (PRC) is one of four facilities in the country designed to provide intensive rehabilitative care to Veterans and Service Members with severe trauma injuries such as TBI.

The center has a capacity of 15 inpatient beds and provides medical rehabilitation services by a team of clinical specialists including physiatrists, rehabilitation nurses, social work case managers, neuropsychologists, rehabilitation psychologists, speech language pathologists, and physical, occupational, kinesio- and recreation therapists, as well as a Department of Defense (DoD) Military and Veterans Liaison.

In addition to inpatient interdisciplinary treatment, case management and family education, the center offers a wide array of outpatient services. Patients have access to interdisciplinary day programming, individualized treatment plans, and outpatient clinics specializing in the identification and management of TBI.

In 2007, the Polytrauma Transitional Rehabilitation Program (PTRP) was formed to focus on post-acute cognitive retraining and community re-integration. PTRP offers health and wellness programming, along with vocational and cognitive rehabilitation. Later this year, patients will move into a brand new, state-of-the-art facility.

The Richmond DVBIC Team

The missions of Richmond DVBIC are clinical research, care coordination, and education for Veterans and Service Members with TBI and their Families. The DVBIC research team collaborates closely with the local Polytrauma team and nearby Virginia Commonwealth University Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, as well as multiple outside organizations including the Department of Defense, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, National Data and Statistical Center, and various academic institutions. 

Richmond is the lead site for the national DVBIC Methylphenidate study being conducted at the four VA Polytrauma sites.

Currently, there are 12 active clinical research studies with a half dozen in development. Care Coordination and Education services are provided throughout the central region ofVirginia and North Carolina. The Regional Care Coordinator and Regional EducationCoordinator work together with the Polytrauma staff to serve the needs of TBI patients and their families. 

For more information, please visit: www.richmond.va.gov  and www.DVBIC.org