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Welcome to UNM Health Sciences Center

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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What It Means to Be an Academic Medical Center

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.

Committed to Education, Care and Research

UNM Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ is advancing knowledge and understanding in the most vital areas of human health, with a focus on the priority health needs of our communities.
  • 900,000 Patient visits per year
  • 1,700 Providers in a range of specialities
  • 2,153 Students enrolled in 2017
  • $161 M+ Research grants awarded
  • $1.6 B Contributed to economy each year

New Mexico's Only Dedicated Children's Hospital

UNM Children’s Hospital is the only full-service children’s hospital in the state. We treat your kids as our own.

News

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Fri, 15 May 2026 19:39:00 GMT

After an extensive search that attracted a highly-qualified pool of candidates, The University of New Mexico Board of Regents has unanimously selected Steve Goldstein as the 24th...

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Fri, 15 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT

Substance use disorder is a stubborn, multifactorial disease whose devastating impacts reverberate across New Mexico, but one research program based at The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center is focused on making a difference. The Southwest...

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Thu, 14 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT

Danielle Cummings, who will graduate from The University of New Mexico School of Medicine in May 2026, hasn’t just defied the odds—she has rewritten what people thought those odds were in the first place. When doctors told her she probably wouldn’t run...

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Wed, 13 May 2026 20:40:00 GMT

SANTA FE – As news coverage of a hantavirus outbreak linked to a cruise ship raises questions, New Mexico health officials want residents to know: the hantavirus strain found in New Mexico is different from the one causing illness abroad and cannot...

A Strategic Focus on Improving Community Health

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.

New Mexico’s Only Level 1 Trauma Center

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