Youtube icon
Flickr icon
Blog icon
Twitter icon
Facebook icon
Email icon

VA Salt Lake City Health Care System

Veterans Crisis Line Badge
My HealtheVet badge
EBenefits Badge

News Room - Public Affairs Office


Mission Statement 

The Public Affairs Office helps develop, communicate and foster relationships between the Salt Lake City VA Healthcare System and the community.  This happens through a variety of ways including outreach, special events, media, congressional relationships and other internal and external communications.

Contact Us 

We are always looking for more and better ways “to serve the veteran who served us.”  If you have an event, a story, an idea or even just a question we want to hear from you.

  • For questions concerning public relations or media inquiries, contact Jill Atwood, Public Affairs Officer at
    (801) 584-1252.

Your VA News 

Video Highlights 

Special Events

VET Connection

* This link will take you outside of the Department of Veterans Affairs Website. VA does not endorse and is not responsible for the content of the linked websites. The link will open in a new window.


Photo of George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center

George E. Wahlen
Department of Veterans Affairs
Medical Center
Salt Lake City, UT 84148
(801) 582-1565
Toll-free 1-(800) 613-4012