UNM Hospital
University of New Mexico Hospital is the primary
teaching institution for our program. It is an ACS verified Trauma Center, with 433 beds.
The hospital is the only Level I trauma center in the state, and receives pediatric,
complex general surgery and vascular surgery referrals as well. It serves broad range of
patients, including the indigent members of our community though financial support from
the tax payers of Bernalillo County. The diverse ethnicity of our state’s population is
reflected in the significant numbers of Hispanic and Native American patients. Trauma
resuscitations are run by the Trauma faculty and senior resident on the trauma rotation
with assistance by Emergency Medicine faculty and residents, with supervision by trauma
faculty also boarded in critical care medicine.
Construction will begin this year on the 400,000 square foot
Children's and Critical Care Pavilion
located adjacent to University Hospital. This $163,000,000 facility will contain new
adult and pediatric emergency rooms, the trauma center, pediatric acute care, pediatric
ICU, pediatric surgery and all adult critical care.
UNMH recently opened the Outpatient Surgical and Imaging Services.
This modern 38,000 square foot building has its six operating rooms,
radiological imaging and a pain clinic. Our faculty frequently schedule routine,
outpatient surgeries at OSIS and provide junior residents experience with
fundamental surgeries.
Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Our integrated institution is the Veterans Affairs Medical Center. It is a very
busy tertiary referral hospital in the VA system for general surgery and vascular
surgery. It serves veterans and has 187 beds. Residents at the VAMC receive a
broad range general surgery experience with a significant number of vascular
surgery cases as well.
Presbyterian Hospital and Lovelace Medical Center
Our two affiliated institutions are Presbyterian Hospital and Lovelace
Medical Center. Presbyterian Hospital is a large private practice hospital with
453 beds and offers a high volume of major general surgery cases, including
operative experience with board certified colorectal surgeons. Lovelace Medical
Center is a 187 bed HMO hospital that serves as the main referral hospital
for the Sandia Health System. This institution gives our residents a significant
advanced laparoscopic, general surgery, vascular surgery and thoracic surgery
experience in a managed care environment.
