Patricia L. Hall, PhD, FACHE was appointed Network Director for VISN 15, the VA Heartland Network, effective August 28, 2022. As the Network Director, she leads 69 sites of care in Kansas, Missouri, and Illinois, including seven VA Medical Centers, 58 associated Community-Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs), and 2 Health Care Centers. The network has an operations budget over 4 billion dollars with 13,750 employees and serves 320,000 Veterans annually.

Dr. Hall is a Veteran of the U.S. Army. She served in the military from 1990 to 2016 and retired as a U.S. Army Colonel. During her military career, she served as hospital commander of the 452nd Combat Support Hospital in both Salerno, Afghanistan and Camp Arifjan Kuwait. Dr. Hall is a Veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Restore Hope and is a Bronze Star recipient.

Dr. Hall holds a Doctor of Health Administration from Capella University in Minneapolis, Minnesota; a Master’s degree in Adult Health from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee; and a Master’s degree in Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Additionally, she received a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee.

Dr. Hall has held several VA leadership positions. She has served as the Director/CEO of the Harry S Truman Memorial Veterans’ Hospital in Columbia, Missouri; as Director/CEO of John J. Pershing VA Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri; as Associate Director of Patient Care Services at the Kansas City VA Medical Center in Missouri and the Tomah VA Medical Center in Wisconsin; and as acting Director/CEO of the St. Louis VA Health Care System.

Dr. Hall’s husband, Bradley, is also a retired colonel. The couple has two adult children – Abigail, a U.S. Army Veteran, and Aaron, who currently serves in the U.S. Air Force.