About VA Central Ohio Health Care System

VA Central Ohio Health Care System Center offers a full spectrum of primary care services, evidence based behavioral health care, specialty medicine services, and same day ambulatory surgery. It also is at the forefront of training future health care providers and conducting important medical research.

Health care and services

Our four VA clinics, standalone behavioral health clinic, and level 2 complexity ambulatory care center provide services in a 14-county area in central Ohio. Facilities include the Chalmers P. Wylie VA Ambulatory Care Center in Columbus, VA clinics in Grove City, Marion, Newark, and Zanesville, and a stand alone behavioral health care facility near the Columbus airport. To learn more about the services each location offers, visit the VA Central Ohio health services page.

VA Central Ohio Healthcare System is a leading health care system and innovative care center in the Veterans Integrated Service Network 10 (VISN 10), which includes medical centers and clinics in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky.

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Research and development

The Chalmers P. Wylie VA Ambulatory Care Center has an active and growing research program. We offer Veterans the opportunity to participate in and benefit from our work. Our goal is to use research to promote better health and health care for all.

Major areas of research include:

• Behavioral Health
• Pharmacy and medication outcome analysis
• Social work and homeless prevention

Teaching and learning

The Chalmers P. Wylie VA Ambulatory Care Center meets one of the four missions of VA through the education and training of our nation’s next generation of health care professionals.  Through partnerships with educational programs across the country, the Chalmers P. Wylie VA provides timely and quality care in conjunction with training programs across the facility. 

Our primary academic affiliations are with Ohio University and Ohio State University. We also maintain affiliations with more than 40 leading colleges, universities, and professional schools throughout the United States in health care fields such as nursing, dentistry, optometry, pharmacy, social work, psychology, physician assistants, medical coding and billing, nutrition, audiology, and speech pathology.

Fast facts

• Our flagship facility is named for scholar, soldier and statesman Chalmers P. Wylie. Born in Norwich, Ohio, and raised in nearby Pataskala, Wylie served in the Army during World War II, graduated from Harvard Law School, and had a long and distinguished career in public service, culminating as a 13-term Congressman representing central Ohio. 
• Our VA outpatient clinic in Newark is named for Daniel L. Kinnard. Raised in Newark, Kinnard served with the Army in Vietnam as a medic. He was killed in action at the age of 18 only weeks after receiving the Bronze Star Medal for bravery.
• In 2021, the Chalmers P. Wylie VA Ambulatory Care Clinic served nearly 44,000 Veterans and completed more than 556,000 outpatient visits. 

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Accreditations and achievements 

Our Chalmers P. Wylie VA Ambulatory Care Center has received accreditation from:

• The Joint Commission
• The Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities

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The VA Central Ohio Healthcare System received the following awards:

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