Alyssa Villacres, MD

 What excites me most about joining the Family Medicine specialty is becoming a part of a community of physicians and other healthcare professionals who share my values and my vision for what healthcare can be. As a family doc I have the opportunity to build long-term trust with other people and their families both during the times they are healthy, and when they are not. This career allows me to offer to patients a partnership with their doctor where their needs, no matter how daunting, are met with openness and determination. To my core, I believe every human being should be given a chance to engage meaningfully with high-quality, patient-centered healthcare, and walk away feeling listened to and cared for. I have a lot of big dreams and idealism that often clash with the reality of medical care. But I am also driven by my lived experience that with this foundation in medical knowledge along with my simple humanity, I can make a difference for others in even the smallest ways. I look forward to being further inspired and grounded by my resident physician peers, the UNM faculty, and my patients in Albuquerque.