University of New Mexico Hospital is on the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center campus. It is a 618-bed general and tertiary care hospital including full pediatric services, outpatient facilities and is the only level I trauma center in the state of New Mexico. The hospital also operates its own air service, including fixed-wing and helicopter. The hospital has a coronary care unit, cath lab, electrophysiology lab, echo lab, heart station, nuclear cardiology laboratory, and a 20-bed cardiac step-down unit. It provides the fellows with several unique educational opportunities, including pediatric cardiology, cardiac trauma, adult congenital heart disease, and structural heart interventions.
The New Mexico VA health care system is a 350-bed tertiary care hospital that serves veterans from a four-state area, active duty Air Force, and Air Force dependents. The hospital includes a coronary care unit, cath lab, electrophysiology lab, echo lab, heart station, a 12-bed CCU/cardiac step-down unit, and a 20-bed telemetry unit, outpatient facilities, and considerable research facilities.
The VA Hospital provides the trainees with the opportunity to deal with severe coronary artery disease, degenerative valve disease, and malignant ventricular arrhythmias.