{"id":3262,"date":"2018-01-16T17:35:32","date_gmt":"2018-01-16T22:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=3262"},"modified":"2018-01-16T17:35:32","modified_gmt":"2018-01-16T22:35:32","slug":"genesee-county-new-interim-medical-center-director-named-at-va","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2018\/01\/16\/genesee-county-new-interim-medical-center-director-named-at-va\/","title":{"rendered":"GENESEE COUNTY\/New Interim Medical Center Director Named at VA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Press release<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Buffalo, New York<\/strong>&#8211; Michael Swartz, MPA, FACHE has been selected to be the interim health care system director\u00a0for VA Western New York Healthcare System and will assume the position on January 29, 2018. Currently Mr. Swartz serves as the Director for the Bath and Canandaigua VA Medical Centers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He replaces Paul S. Crews, who has completed his detail as interim health\u00a0care system director since October, 2017 and returning to his position as Deputy Director, VA San Francisco Health Care System.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\nVA Western New York Healthcare System includes Buffalo and Batavia VA medical centers and eight Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) and employs over 2,200 employees who care for over 60,000Veterans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press release Buffalo, New York&#8211; Michael Swartz, MPA, FACHE has been selected to be the interim health care system director\u00a0for VA Western New York Healthcare System and will assume the position on January 29, 2018. Currently Mr. Swartz serves as the Director for the Bath and Canandaigua VA Medical Centers. \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2018\/01\/16\/genesee-county-new-interim-medical-center-director-named-at-va\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-QC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":21394,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2020\/12\/14\/wny-va-western-new-york-healthcare-system-selected-as-one-of-37-va-sites-to-receive-initial-doses-of-covid-19-vaccine\/","url_meta":{"origin":3262,"position":0},"title":"WNY\/VA Western New York Healthcare System selected as one of 37 VA sites to receive initial doses of COVID-19 vaccine","author":"aka","date":"December 14, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Press release BUFFALO, NEW YORK\u00a0\u2014VA Western New York Healthcare System (VAWNYHS) announced it has been selected as one of\u00a037 VA sites\u00a0to receive initial doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.\u00a0 VA WNYHS was selected for its ability to vaccinate large numbers of people and store the vaccines at extremely cold temperatures. 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