The UNM School of Medicine leads the nation in family medicine and rural health training. Our graduates account for nearly 40% of New Mexico’s practicing physicians. We are home to a nationally ranked research enterprise and Biomedical Science Graduate Programs with world-class scientific investigators and scholars who deliver life-saving results for humanity.
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.
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The UNM School of Medicine offers outstanding MD and health profession programs. Student anesthesiologist and physician assistants, physical therapists, emergency medical technicians, laboratory and radiological technologists, dental hygienists and occupational therapists learn and train alongside medical students to deliver increased access to health care, improved outcomes and greater patient satisfaction with excellent career stability, compensation and flexibility.
In 2026, the University of New Mexico was awarded high ratings/rankings by the US News and World Report in Tier 3 for Best Medical Schools: Research, and in Tier 1 for Best Medical Schools: Primary Care. Additional US News and World Report medical school rankings include Occupational Therapy #51 (tied), Physical Therapy #57 (tied), Physician Assistant #75 (tied), Most Graduates Practicing in Health Professional Shortage Areas - #17, Most Graduate Practicing in Primary Care - #39 (tied) and Most Graduates Practicing in Rural Areas - #63 (tied).
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After nearly two years of construction and expansion aimed at modernizing care for one of New Mexico’s most vulnerable populations, The University of New Mexico Hospital Children’s Psychiatric Center (CPC), located at 1001 Yale Blvd NE in Albuquerque,...
Important mental health history is often present in medical records but hard to find, especially when it is missing from the diagnosis codes that clinicians, researchers and health systems use to search and count conditions. A new study led by...
You will find them on the North Golf Course walking path, Central Avenue, or in a nearby arroyo: students in New Mexico’s only bachelor of science program in Emergency Medical Services (EMS) getting hands-on, real-world emergency training to prepare them...
The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center Newsroom recently asked infectious disease expert Steven Bradfute, PhD, about Ebola viruses and the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. Steven Bradfute,...