The Department of Pediatrics is an academic medical department offering advanced pediatric training for residents, fellows, and graduate students. Our programs train pediatrician leaders to provide exceptional care to patients and families, and prepare them to be effective advocates for child health with the tools to engage in lifelong learning, service, and research.
Our faculty lead 16 medical divisions and numerous centers and programs in pediatric education and patient care, all of which are fully integrated with the university's research mission affording ample opportunities to make meaningful scientific contributions.
In the Department of Pediatrics, we continuously strive to do more for New Mexico’s youngest generation. We foster multiple opportunities for child health advocacy training to advance child health initiatives on the local, state and national levels. For faculty, residents and staff alike, UNM Pediatrics offers a rich, meaningful opportunity to tackle the most challenging clinical cases while providing compassionate and comprehensive care.
The mission of UNM Children's Hospital and Health Services is to provide the children of New Mexico with comprehensive, family centered health care that is unequaled in the state and region. Through a network of hospitals, clinics, and community based services that are integrally linked to the education and research mission of UNM, Children's Hospital and Health Services providers apply advanced medical science and an abiding concern for the well-being of children to improve and restore health for New Mexico's youngest residents.
Every child in New Mexico deserves to achieve optimum health. We are driven by a vision of society in which all children have access to family-centered pediatric health services.
We seek to further enrich the quality of life of New Mexico’s culturally and ethnically diverse populations. We do this by creating, evaluating, applying and disseminating knowledge to improve the health status of infants, children and young adults throughout New Mexico and the region.