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We are a professional organization of multidisciplinary healthcare professionals dedicated to caring for veterans with cancer and hematological disorders. We provide education, advocacy, and professional development opportunities to ensure healthcare professionals can provide veterans with exceptional care.

What We Do

AVAHO exists to increase the skills and abilities of veteran-centered cancer care professionals across all disciplines so they can provide the best possible care for our veterans.

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AVAHO is dedicated to a multidisciplinary approach to caring for veterans with cancer and hematological disorders. This means our membership is very diverse: a representation of all those who provide care including physicians, nurses, cancer navigators, advanced practice providers, data analysts, social workers, nutritionists, pharmacists, and more. Our nearly 1,200 members represent care providers within Veterans Affairs medical centers and hospitals as well as those in the community who care for veterans.

 

 

Recent Posts

Letter from AVAHO to Secretary Collins

March 3, 2025

The Honorable Douglas A. Collins, Secretary US Department of Veterans Affairs 810 Vermont Ave., NW Washington, DC 20420   Dear Secretary Collins,   On behalf of the Association of VA Hematology/Oncology (AVAHO), our 1500 members offer sincere congratulations on your recent appointment and confirmation as the 12th Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs. In…

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Advocating for AVAHO

June 22, 2024

Advocating for AVAHO On June 4th, AVAHO leaders and Advocacy Committee held its first Capitol Day in Washington, D.C.  Members met with their senators, congressmen, and staff to discuss issues important to AVAHO members and cancer care for veterans including the CAREERS Act, community care considerations, the VA budget crisis, EHR modernization, and drug prices/shortages.…

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Coordinated Care Tracking System (CCTS)

February 28, 2024

The Coordinated Care Tracking System (CCTS) is an application designed to ensure timely and appropriate coordination of care through identification, tracking, and navigating Veterans at-risk or affected by cancer throughout the continuum of care from screening to survivorship.

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The Expanding Roles of PARP Inhibitors in Prostate Cancer

February 26, 2024

Timeline of PARP Inhibitors in mCRPC Nicholas G. Little, PharmD PGY-2 Oncology Pharmacy Resident Southern Arizona VA Health Care System Tucson, Arizona Introduction Over the last decade, the role of targeted therapy has played a key role in shaping clinical practice for many different malignancies. Despite being the most common cancer among men, there has…

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Meet Alec Stone, AVAHO’s Advocacy Consultant

February 26, 2024

Alec Stone, Executive Director, National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs, has been a leader in national nonprofit management for more than two decades. With an expertise in biomedical research and healthcare advocacy, Mr. Stone has worked with premiere organizations such as the Oncology Nursing Society, American Cancer Society, American Medical Association, American Dental Association,…

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