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The Northport Veterans Affairs Medical Center provides a full range of services, with state-of-the-art technology as well as education and research.
Academic Partners
The Northport Veterans Affairs Medical Center is affiliated with the State University of New York (SUNY) Medical School at Stony Brook*. A fully integrated residency program exists with SUNY Stony Brook in general medicine and specialties in cardiology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, hematology/oncology, pulmonary, nephrology, infectious disease and rheumatology; in general surgery and specialties of urology, orthopedic surgery, ophthalmology, and otolaryngology, anesthesiology, dermatology, pathology and rehabilitation medicine.
Veterans Service Organizations
The Northport Veterans Affairs Medical Center maintains a good working relationship with all of our veteran service organization (VSO) partners. We regularly brief our VSO representatives on changes impacting veterans' health care.
A Veterans Management Advisory Council, which includes stakeholders from a number of veterans groups, meets bi-monthly.
Sharing Agreements
The Northport Veterans Affairs Medical Center has multiple sharing agreements with the U.S. Department of Defense TRICARE Program* and with various other federal agencies. Additional sharing agreements exist with the Metropolitan Medical Association, New York State Veterans Home at Montrose and the Salvation Army.
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