The Albany Minute for Veterans

The Albany Minute for Veterans

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The Albany Minute for Veterans episodes

  • Overview of the Caregiver Support Program

    an interview with one of the Caregiver Support Program Social Workers Kristi Storey who provides an overview of the services. If your in the area on June 4th from 10AM-2PM please come to the Caregiver Fair in the Albany VA auditorium

    4 min
  • Overview of Dermatology with Dr. Reddy for Cancer Awareness month

    This episode we have a discussion with Dr. Swapna Reddy one of the Stratton VA Dermatologists about the services offered and the importance of skin protection as June is Cancer Awareness Month for a general overview of dermatology, click here and scroll to Dermatology


    For an overview of cancer care at VA click here

    8 min
  • A Very Special Episode: A Safety Story you'll want to hear

    A Safety6 Story is something the hospital shares regularly with staff as part of our mission to be a High Reliability Organization (HRO). This Veteran special story highlights the amazing work our Social work and Mental Health staff do everyday, so we sat down with Kelly Manolopoulos one of our outstanding Social Workers and Alisha Reiter our high reliability officer, to re record the Safety Story. For more information check out;

    VA Resources for Veterans

    For Albany VA mental Health Resources Click Here

    the Crisis Line is a 24/7/365 resource for Veterans to learn more click here

    13 min
  • An Overview of the Cancer Treatment Services @Albany VA

    Today we were joined by Nicole Melius, Chief Radiation Therapist, Kelsey Miller  Radiation Therapist and Dr. Phillip

    Silverman to provide an overview of the array of Cancer Services Offered at the Albany VA. Give it a listen. If you know a Veteran in need of care please have them call 518 626 6650.

    • for a short video on out True beam in action click here
    • Here is a short overview video



      • 12 min
    • The Albany VA Minute: My HealtheVet Updates

      Today we were joined by the Facility My HealtheVet Coordinator Gina Keller [518-626-5000 Ext 61514]

      To talk about some of the upcoming security upgrades come for My Health E Vet and what it means to you as a Veteran. To log into My Health E Vet click this hyperlink 

      • If you need to contact the helpdesk for Login.gov you can call 844-875-6446
      • If you need to contact the helpdesk for Id. me 877-327-0022 Option 1, Then Option 2
        • 8 min
      • Tele Emergency Center care with Dr. Farzon Nahvi

        Today we interviewed Dr. Farzon Nahvi a physician with the VISN 2 Clinical Contact Center's Tele Emergency Center program. You can reach them at 1 800 877 6976. the takeaway from today's episode is, they should be the 1st call if your not feeling well.

        14 min

      About The Albany Minute for Veterans

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      The Albany minute for Veterans is a episodic podcast, bringing you content on current events at the Albany VA and what’s coming down the road. Mixed in will be some special guest and features we hope…