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[[Image:Va-med-ctr-boston.jpg|thumb|300px|''VA Medical Center Boston (Jamaica Plain campus)'']]
The '''VA Boston Healthcare System''' is a set of hospitals run by the [[United States Department of Veterans Affairs]] in the [[Greater Boston]] area. It comprises nine campuses, with three major medical centers in [[Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts|Jamaica Plain]], [[West Roxbury, Massachusetts|West Roxbury]], and [[Brockton, Massachusetts|Brockton]].

The Jamaica Plain building was the site of a great deal of research in [[neuropsychology]]. [[Edith Kaplan]], [[Norman Geschwind]] and [[Harold Goodglass]] developed many [[neuropsychological tests]] here to describe and treat [[aphasia]] along with other psychological problems. After it was retired as an inpatient facility, many of the rooms were converted into offices that now support researchers from [[Harvard]] and [[Boston University]].

Current research activities include the Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center (MAVERIC), the Behavioral Science Division of the National Center for PTSD, the Women's Health Sciences Division of the National Center for PTSD, and a Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center GRECC.

==References==
*[http://www.boston.va.gov/ Official site]

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