The New Mexico Area Health Education Center (NM AHEC) belongs to a federally funded national network dedicated to growing a diverse health care workforce and serving rural and underserved communities by offering innovative health career curricula to pre-collegiate students.
AHEC Scholars are leaders in their fields with the knowledge and skills to improve primary care practice outcomes through inter-professional and collaborative training.
New Mexico AHEC is a charter member of the National AHEC Organization, comprised of 56 AHEC programs and more than 235 centers operating in almost every state and the District of Columbia.
Develop the health professionals pipeline for underserved communities by engaging with young people in schools and through special events
Encourage Health Professions students to work in underserved communities by providing financial support for clinical rotations in rural and underserved settings
Support health professional retention and culturally sensitive and regionally appropriate health care via continuing education.
Develop the health professionals pipeline for underserved communities by engaging with young people in schools and through special events
Encourage Health Professions students to work in underserved communities by providing financial support for clinical rotations in rural and underserved settings
Support health professional retention and culturally sensitive and regionally appropriate health care via continuing education.
For more information, connect to AHEC's webpage under Family and Community Medicine
AHEC Leadership
Helene Silverblatt, MD, Director
Maria Ward, Program Specialist
Area Health Education Centers
UNM HSC
1 University of New Mexico
MSC09 5040
Albuquerque, NM 87131
