Southern New Mexico Family Medicine Residency Program

What Southern New Mexico Family Medicine Residency Program does

The Southern New Mexico Family Medicine Residency Program is a non-profit, ACGME-accredited graduate medical education program founded in 1996 in Las Cruces, New Mexico. It operates as the only community-based, unopposed three-year Family Medicine residency in the state, sponsored by Memorial Medical Center, a LifePoint Health facility. The program's primary "customers" are medical residents and fellows in training, while it concurrently delivers primary-care services to patients in southern New Mexico and the border region. The program is led by Program Director Dr. Dolores Gomez and Associate Program Director Dr. Danielle Fitzsimmons-Pattison, supported by faculty and staff estimated at 11-50 individuals.

Its core products are the three-year Family Medicine residency curriculum, two fellowship tracks (Maternal Child and Reproductive Health; Family Medicine in Emergency Medicine, sponsored by TeamHealth), a Pharmacy Residency, and medical student rotations. The curriculum distinguishes itself through social medicine, osteopathic manipulative treatment, integrative medicine, point-of-care ultrasound, and wilderness medicine, applied within a community-based setting. The program's revenue mechanics are not publicly disclosed but are understood to draw on federal CMS Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments, patient care billing generated by resident and faculty clinical practice, and institutional support from Memorial Medical Center. Training focuses on preparing physicians for practice in underserved southern New Mexico and border communities, with multiple community-facing service lines supporting this mission.

The program operates an unusually wide community footprint for a residency: a Mobile Integrated Health partnership with the Las Cruces Fire Department extends care into prehospital settings, an Asylum Seeker Clinic serves a distinctively underserved population, partnerships with the Doña Ana Wellness Institute and Lynn Middle School embed the program in place-based equity work, and the Health Equity Action Team (HEAT) institutionalizes equity programming. Together these assets form a training ecosystem anchored in a single sponsoring hospital, with no multi-site replication or commercial expansion indicated in the available data.

Name

Southern New Mexico Family Medicine Residency Program

Legal name

Southern New Mexico Family Medicine Residency Program

Website

https://nmfamilymedicine.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Southern New Mexico Family Medicine Residency Program is a non-profit, ACGME-accredited GME program founded in 1996 in Las Cruces, New Mexico. It is the only unopposed, community-based three-year Family Medicine residency in the state, sponsored by Memorial Medical Center.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Graduate Medical Education

NAICS

Offices of Physicians (62111), Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) (621111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare Clinical Professions (CME/CE for Nurses, Allied Health, Pharmacy) (EDAAALAC)

Keywords

• Family medicine residency
• Graduate medical education
• Medical residency training
• Primary care education
• Social medicine training

Headquarters

HQ city

Las Cruces

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Graduate Medical Education (GME) Funding: Federal funding for graduate medical education programs. The program is sponsored by Memorial Medical Center of Las Cruces, a LifePoint hospital.
2. Patient Care Services: Revenue generated from clinical services provided by residents at the Family Medicine Center and Memorial Medical Center

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

The Southern New Mexico Family Medicine Residency Program is an ACGME-accredited, community-based, three-year family medicine residency that trains physicians in full-spectrum care including hospital medicine, obstetrics, pediatrics, border health, health policy, and rural medicine. Sponsored by Memorial Medical Center of Las Cruces (a LifePoint hospital), it is the only unopposed community-based Family Medicine residency in New Mexico and supplements training with two fellowship programs (Maternal Child & Reproductive Health, and Emergency Medicine), a pharmacy residency, and medical student rotations.

Product overview

The Southern New Mexico Family Medicine Residency Program is a community-based, ACGME-accredited three-year family medicine residency sponsored by Memorial Medical Center of Las Cruces. The program operates as an unopposed residency (no competing residencies for inpatient/critical care) and offers full-spectrum training including hospital medicine, obstetrics, pediatrics, border health, integrated behavioral medicine, health policy, and rural medicine. The program also includes two fellowship programs (Maternal Child and Reproductive Health, and Emergency Medicine), a pharmacy residency, medical student rotations, and various community-focused initiatives including an Asylum Seeker Clinic, Mobile Integrated Health Program, and Lynn Middle School Partnership. A patient portal provides secure access to health records and services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Family Medicine Residency Program A three-year ACGME-accredited Family Medicine residency training residents in full-spectrum family medicine including hospital medicine, obstetrics, pediatrics, border health, health policy, and rural medicine, sponsored by Memorial Medical Center of Las Cruces.
• Maternal Child and Reproductive Health Fellowship

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 60% of graduates practice in New Mexico, many in the immediate Las Cruces/southern New Mexico area

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Memorial Medical Center of Las CrucescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary clinical training site and program sponsor. A LifePoint hospital. Residents train at this facility for inpatient rotations, OB deliveries, and procedures. The Family Medicine Center is located on the MMC campus.
• Memorial Medical Center Family Medicine CentercoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerOutpatient clinic on Memorial Medical Center campus where residents spend afternoons for clinic rotations, providing comprehensive family medicine care to the community.
• Lynn Middle SchoolminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity school partnership where residents participate in public health education, mentoring youth, hands-on workshops, and collaborating with teachers. Part of the social medicine curriculum.
• Doña Ana Wellness Institute (DAWI)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCounty-wide collaborative including healthcare agencies, social service agencies, city/county government, public services, and NMSU. Goal is to make Doña Ana County the healthiest county in the nation by addressing upstream policies.
• Las Cruces Fire DepartmentminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMobile Integrated Health program partnership where residents ride along with fire department team visiting frequent 911 callers to provide medical care and connect people to social services before emergencies occur.
• Faith-based and Government Organizations (Asylum Seeker Clinic)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with local faith-based and government organizations to provide care for asylum seekers coming to the community while awaiting asylum hearings, part of border health training.
• New Mexico State UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership through Doña Ana Wellness Institute. NMSU is a land-grant institution with 12 agricultural research and science centers. Faculty member Dr. Ivan de la Rosa has joint appointment with NMSU School of Social Work.
• University of New Mexico College of PharmacyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPreceptor relationship for pharmacy students and residents. Dr. Patrick Leung and Dr. Davena Norris serve as preceptors for the UNM College of Pharmacy.
• Burrell College of Osteopathic MedicineminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPreceptor relationship for medical students completing clinical rotations. Located in Las Cruces, NM.
• Family Health Center of Worcester / University of Massachusetts Medical CenterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFellowship training site for Dr. Danielle Fitzsimmons-Pattison's Global Health and Refugee Care fellowship.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• University of Wyoming Family Medicine Residency at Cheyenne: Rural-community, unopposed family medicine residency training physicians for sparsely served areas; highly similar program structure and mission even though in a different state.
• Scripps Chula Vista Family Medicine Residency: California border-community family medicine residency with an explicit focus on underserved, border, and immigrant health populations; comparable training portfolio.

Broad incumbents

• Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix Family Medicine Residency: Large academic medical center family medicine residency offering full-spectrum training at greater scale; broader incumbent with overlap in curriculum and faculty model.
• Christus Santa Rosa Family Medicine Residency: Faith-based health system-sponsored family medicine residency in Texas with comparable hospital-sponsored GME structure and community focus.

Direct peers

• Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso Family Medicine Residency: Border-region family medicine residency training physicians in West Texas / southern New Mexico with comparable full-spectrum and border health exposure.
• Hidalgo Medical Services Family Medicine Residency: Community-based, rural New Mexico family medicine residency with a similar mission of training physicians for underserved southwestern communities.
• University of New Mexico Family Medicine Residency: UNM's ACGME family medicine residency in Albuquerque is the in-state counterpart, training physicians for New Mexico communities with a comparable emphasis on underserved care.
• UTRGV Family Medicine Residency Program: University of Texas Rio Grande Valley residency training family physicians for the South Texas / border region with comparable social medicine and border health themes.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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