Department of Pediatrics
Physical Location
UNMH 3 Ambulatory Care Center
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001

Mailing Address
MSC10 5590
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001

Clinic Phone: (505) 272-2345
Clinic Fax: (505) 272-2374
Department Phone: (505) 272-5551
Fax: (505) 272-6845

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Department of Pediatrics

Residency Training Program

Life After Residency

 

Nicole Veitenheimer, MD, - Pediatric Resident, 2006-2009
I am very pleased with my Pediatric Residency experience at UNM. I made lifelong friends along the way and the program prepared me for my career in academics. As a Pediatric Resident here at UNM you will have opportunities to do everything that an academic career requires: autonomy with patients, participation in quality improvement projects/committees, grant writing and research, teaching, and curriculum development. Clearly I love working with the people and diverse patient population here at UNM because I decided to stay after residency! I look forward to being a supportive and friendly face to incoming residents just like I had during my residency.

What in the world have UNM Pediatric Residents done?

At the end of their training, graduates of our program have the world open to them. The diversity and individual initiative that our housestaff bring to UNM is fostered here, and it enables them to begin the careers of their choice.

Approximately 60 percent of our graduates enter primary care pediatrics in locations from New Mexico to Montana to the East Coast. Of these, 40 percent of them practice in rural or medically underserved settings.

Graduates, UNM Pediatrics Class of 2011:

General Pediatrics:

  • Chief Resident, UNM
  • Hospitalist Medicine, UNM
  • Hospitalist Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX
  • Academic General Pediatrics, UNM
  • General Pediatrics, Albuquerque, NM
  • General Pediatrics, Albuquerque, NM
  • General Pediatrics, Glenwood Springs, CO
  • General Pediatrics, St. George, UT
  • General Pediatrics, Tarzana, CA
  • General Pediatrics, Pierre, SD
  • General Pediatrics, Alexandria, VA
  • Locum tenens

Fellowships:

  • Pediatric Cardiology, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

 

Graduates, UNM Pediatrics Class of 2010:


General Pediatrics:


  • Chief Resident, UNM/ Now in Primary Care in Albuquerque
  • Academic General Pediatrics, UNM
  • Hospitalist Medicine, UNM
  • Hospitalist Medicine, UNM
  • General Pediatrics, Albuquerque, NM
  • Hospitalist Medicine, Albuquerque, NM
  • Hospitalist Medicine, Albuquerque, NM
  • Hospitalist Medicine, Albuquerque, NM
  • Hospitalist Medicine, Yakima, WA
  • General Pediatrics, Indian Health Service, Shiprock, NM

Fellowships:

  • Sports Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

 

Graduates, UNM Pediatrics Class of 2009:


General Pediatrics:


  • Primary Care, Salt Lake City
  • Academic General Pediatrics, UNM
  • Academic General Pediatrics, UNM
  • Chief Resident, UNM

International Medicine:


  • Baylor Aids Corps, Africa

Fellowships:


  • ID, UT Southwestern, Dallas.
  • Heme-Onc, Phoenix Children’s Hospital
  • Heme-Onc, Oregon Health and Sciences University
  • Gastroenterology, Washington University, St. Louis
  • Gastroenterology, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston
  • Neonatology, UNM

Information below reflects information for the classes that graduated between 2003 and 2011:

  • Primary Care: 42
    • Rural:12
    • Academic: 9
    • 27/43 remain in New Mexico
  • Hospitalists: 19
    • Academic: 11
    • 16/19 remain in New Mexico
  • Fellowships: 23
    • Cardiology, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
    • Development/Behavior, North Carolina
    • Gastroenterology, Minnesota
    • Gastroenterology, UCLA
    • Gastroenterology, Washington University
    • Gastroenterology, Texas Children’s/Baylor
    • General Pediatrics, Utah
    • Genetics/Dysmorphology, Stanford
    • Hematology Oncology, OHSU, Portland, OR
    • Hematology/Oncology, Phoenix Children’s
    • Infectious Disease, UCSD
    • Infectious Disease, UCSD
    • Infectious Disease, UT Southwestern
    • Neonatology, Utah
    • Neonatology, UNM
    • Neonatology, UNM
    • Nephrology, Univ. of Washington
    • Pediatric Anesthesia, UNM
    • Pediatric Emergency Med, Syracuse
    • Pediatric Emergency Med, Wayne State
    • Pediatric Intensive Care, UCSF
    • Pediatric Intensive Care, Univ. of Washington
    • Pulmonology, Arkansas
    • Sports Medicine, Harvard Medical School
  • Locum tenens: 3

 

Yolandra Toya, MD, Community Pediatrician
My experience in the UNM Pediatric Residency Program trained me well for a career in community Pediatrics in Albuquerque. I see a variety of patients from all socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds in my practice which is a reflection of the patient population at UNM. My relationship with the UNM Pediatrics Department continues since I routinely use their expertise and specialty programs for consultations and referrals for my current practice. Their training program which mixes clinical practice, evidence-based medicine, and research and public health projects, gave me experience and insight into pediatrics as a necessary part of any healthy community.