Deputy Director, Clinical Tech Innovation
VA Immersive Program Manager
Office of Healthcare Innovation and Learning
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Caitlin Rawlins has been a Nurse since 2011 and with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) since
2017. In her first year of VA practice, she initiated the first positive distraction-focused virtual reality program for pain and anxiety management in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). Ms. Rawlins then co-led the development of the VHA Extended Reality Network and played an integral role in the creation of the VA Immersive Program. She now continues to aid in leading VHA innovation and immersive technology utilization as Director of Clinical Tech Innovation, co-lead of the VHA Extended Reality (XR) Network, Immersive Collaborations lead, and active member of the E3 Alliance and E3 Operations Workgroup in the Office of Healthcare Innovation and Learning. Since, 2017, she has directly supported the expansion of XR technology use from just a few sites to over 90% of VA Healthcare Systems and XR network engagement to more than 2,900 VA employees, including working as program manager, leading national pilots, facilitating data collection, and the development of healthcare integration resources in close collaboration with various VA program offices.