Dr. Brian Pollack is a Staff Dermatologist at the Atlanta VA. In addition to his medical degree, he has a doctoral degree in Molecular Genetics. This training enables him to not only care for patients but to also think about the causes of their disorders on a...

Each year over $60 billion is spent managing arthritis in nearly 27 million Americans. Osteoarthritis is more common in military service personnel and often related to combat-induced limb injuries resulting in functional impairment and pain. Arthritis represents the...

Diabetes mellitus is a major public health problem – the main cause of kidney failure, blindness, and nontraumatic leg amputations in adults in the U.S., and a leading cause of stroke and heart disease. Although early identification of diabetes and early treatment...

Every year approximately 15,000 Veterans are hospitalized for stroke, and up to 40% will experience the devastating impacts of language impairment (aphasia). Difficulty retrieving the right word at the right time is one of the most common complaints in aphasia....

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) heavily impacts the health and well-being of millions of Veterans and their families and imposes huge costs on the VHA. Dr. Sheila Rauch is a clinical psychologist at the Atlanta VA who has spent her career working on this problem....