The Neurologist has prescriptive authority and is responsible for diagnosing and treating acute and chronic neurologic care problems, coordinating activities of other health service personnel, and prescribing medication and treatments. The Neurologist is responsible for maintaining professional, technical, and administrative knowledge, competencies, and skills to provide effective, timely and quality responses to patients who present themselves with acute or emergent health care problems.
The Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center (OGJVAMC) is located in Iron Mountain, MI in Michigan's beautiful Upper Peninsula. The Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center (OGJVAMC) is one of the smallest VA Medical Centers in the nation yet has one of the largest geographic patient service areas east of the Mississippi River, encompassing fifteen Michigan counties and nine counties in northeastern Wisconsin. OGJVAMC and its Community Based Outpatient Clinics annually serve 20,000 Veterans, over 96 percent of whom are living in rural or highly rural areas making the facility the most rural VA Medical Center in the nation. OGJVAMC is a primary and secondary level care facility with 17 acute care beds and a 40 bed Community Living Center (CLC).
