The University of New Mexico’s Health Sciences Center is New Mexico’s healthcare and academic medicine leader. Our uniquely diverse population is dedicated to making sure New Mexicans in all parts of the state have access to quality, cutting-edge health care when and where they need it. We change lives in our community while forwarding medical research and innovation on a national level.
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The UNM Health Sciences Center is New Mexico’s only academic medical center and home to the state’s largest teaching hospital. Academic medical centers play a vital role in advancing health care by providing exceptional patient care, training the next generation of health professionals, and driving research that leads to innovative treatments and cures.
UNM Children’s Hospital is the only full-service children’s hospital in the state. We treat your kids as our own.
When it comes to tackling serious sports injuries in the Land of Enchantment, one health care team has a big advantage. For all of north-central New Mexico, there’s only one clinical athletic trainer playing a critical role in the care for athletes who...
Frances Whitmore, 76, of the Pueblo of Laguna, recalls how difficult it was to find work in the early 1970s when she was a single mother raising her young son. “I moved out here in ’72 with my two-year-old baby,” she said. “There was no work on the...
UNM Health recognizes over 1,000 dedicated physicians who create advancements in medical care as they educate and develop the next generation of health care professionals and scientists. This year, UNM Health honors seven physicians recognized as 2026...
Patients with skin cancer in New Mexico often wait months—sometimes years—to see a specialist due to a severe shortage of board-certified dermatologists. For those with other disfiguring or symptomatic skin conditions, access to care may remain out of...
UNM plays a vital role in advancing health and health equity for all New Mexicans, adressing housing, education, food, transportation, utilities, income and social inclusion.
The Office for Community Health has developed powerful strategies to touch the lives of individuals, communities, the state, the nation and world.