James J. Peters VA Medical Center

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.[1][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]

Sterling and Yalow receiving Middleton Award 1973

• Rosalyn Sussman Yalow - Nobel laureate. Collaborated with Solomon Berson to develop radioimmunoassay.[22]
• Solomon Berson - Collaborated with Rosalyn Sussman Yalow to develop radioimmunoassay.
• Shimon Glick - Worked in the laboratory of Berson and Yalow. Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at Ben Gurion University.[23]
• Ludwik Gross - Director of the Cancer Research Division. Isolated murine polyomavirus.
• Paul R. Cunningham - Surgeon. Later dean of Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University.
• David B. Levine - Orthopaedic surgeon. Various positions at the Hospital for Special Surgery.
• Charles S. Lieber - Clinical nutritionist. Known for research into excess alcohol consumption and cirrhosis of the liver.[24]
• Victor Herbert - hematologist. Worked in the Nutrition Research Laboratory. Known for folate and megaloblastic anemia research.
• Nicholas J. Cifarelli - Nephrology. Later pioneered the first Bioethics Advisory Committee in the United States.
• Kenneth Sterling - Director of the protein research laboratory. Later made significant discoveries on thyroid hormone activation.
• Giulio Maria Pasinetti - Director of the Translational Neuroscience Laboratories. Known for neurology at the Icahn School of Medicine.
• James Cimino - Developed the Cimino-Brescia fistula with Michael J. Brescia.[25]

• Ronald Hearn - United States Department of Veterans Affairs Police officer was shot and killed in the line of duty on July 25, 1988
• Eric Burroughs - American stage and radio actor.
• Timothy Wright - Grammy-nominated gospel singer and pastor.[26]

Left: chapel, and nursing home. Center: main facility. Right: research building.

The original Bronx Veterans Hospital building.

Boy's chapel at the Bronx VA Hospital

Looking up the University Heights hill from the Bronx shoreline

• Veterans Health Administration
• United Spinal Association
• VA New York Harbor Healthcare System
• Ron Kovic - patient in 1968.[27] Author of Born on the Fourth of July
• Born on the Fourth of July (film) - film based on Ron Kovic's autobiography

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• Official website
• VA New York Harbor Healthcare System
• New York/New Jersey VA Health Care Network
• Bronx Veterans Medical Research Foundation