Elizabeth Heeder, MD

I grew up in East Lansing, Michigan, in the middle of the Great Lakes State. I studied Spanish and Pre-Medicine at the University of Notre Dame, and spent every chance I could combining my two majors in volunteer settings. The personal encounters I had while volunteering deepened both my understanding of the social determinants of health and my desire to know patients as individuals, not just diseases. I attended medical school at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan where I was blessed to live and work in a diverse and underserved community. There, my suspicion that family medicine would best meet my desire to care for the whole person in the context of the community was confirmed. During interview season I was drawn to the University of New Mexico because I saw a team that is passionate about health equity and dedicated to serving the community. My specific interests within medicine include full spectrum family medicine, Latinx health, global health, addiction medicine, and palliative care. I spend the majority of my free time outdoors running, eating, having life chats, or reading a book.