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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.

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Education and Training

Delivering comprehensive health care is a team effort.

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.

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Top 20 Best Medical Schools: Primary Care
Top 100 Best Medical Schools: Research
66% Combined BA/MD Program alumni practice in primary care in NM

In 2025, 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 #53 (tied), Physical Therapy #65 (tied), Physician Assistant #75 (tied), Most Graduates Practicing in Health Professional Shortage Areas - #23, Most Graduate Practicing in Primary Care - #14 and Most Graduates Practicing in Rural Areas - #60.

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The Hunger to Heal

Tue, 10 Jun 2025 22:45:00 GMT

The founder of the University of New Mexico’s Eating Disorders Clinic, Dr. Kristina Sowar, and one of her patients speak about recovery from eating disorders and the importance of awareness, support, and resources. Primary Keywords (for search engines): University of New Mexico Eating Disorders Clinic Eating disorder support Eating disorder recovery Long-Tail Keywords (for deeper search relevance): How to Get Help for Eating Disorders Stories of Eating Disorder Recovery Is Recovery from Eating Disorders Possible? What are Resources for Eating Disorder Recovery? Social Media Hashtags (for better visibility online): #EatingDisorderRecovery #RecoveryfromAnorexia

UNM Nurse-Midwife Carries on Tradition of Care from Northern New Mexico

Fri, 06 Jun 2025 15:41:00 GMT

Connie Trujillo’s connection to midwifery leads back to her birthplace of Las Vegas, N.M. It’s where Jesusita Aragón, a legendary partera y curandera – midwife and healer – reportedly helped bring more than 12,000 babies into the world.

Making a Comeback

Mon, 19 May 2025 14:00:00 GMT

“Three-and-a-half years after COVID left a former Las Cruces high school football coach and lifelong exerciser with lingering Long COVID symptoms, including brain fog, memory and recall problems and sleep disturbances, UNM School of Medicine professor and psychiatrist Davin Quinn, MD, tailors a Long COVID treatment plan for him that includes pharmaceutical drugs, non-prescription nutraceuticals, or dietary supplements, as well as stress reduction and exercise, to help address symptoms like fatigue, brain fog and inflammation. Primary Keywords (for search engines): Long COVID and exercise Long COVID symptoms Long COVID brain fog Long COVID research Long COVID treatment Long-Tail Keywords (for deeper search relevance): Can Long COVID affect your exercise routine? How can Long COVID be treated? What is the latest Long COVID research?

Cutting Through the Fog

Fri, 16 May 2025 22:34:00 GMT

University of New Mexico researchers are leading a multi-center study to see whether a noninvasive procedure known as transcranial brain stimulation (TMS), can improve the cognitive symptoms of Long COVID. TMS uses electromagnetic fields to stimulate nerve cells in the brain to help researchers understand how brain regions are affected by conditions like concussion and depression – and now, Long COVID. Primary Keywords (for search engines): Long COVID research Transcranial Brain Stimulation and Long COVID Long COVID and brain fog Long-Tail Keywords (for deeper search relevance): How to Treat Symptoms of Long COVID? How can Transcranial Brain Stimulation Help the Cognitive Symptoms of Long COVID? Social Media Hashtags (for better visibility online): #Long COVID Research # New Long COVID Research Trial

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