Centers of Excellence
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Adolescent Services
The adolescent curriculum focuses on three main areas:

· adolescent general health and health education,

· psychosocial health, and

· pregnancy. 

The program operates out of two school-based health centers in Dona Ana County and the adolescent clinic at the Family Medicine Clinic.

Masters in Public Health
Southern New Mexico Family Medicine residents in good standing may start work towards an MPH at New Mexico State University here in Las Cruces.  Tuition is paid for by the residency program.  We anticipate most residents will be better than half way through the MPH by the end of their three years of residency and may finish at our expense if they stay in the community.

Community Medicine
We have a very strong curriculum in this discipline. Residents spend a significant amount of time working with the local Department of Health and the two local Federally Qualified Health Centers.

Integrated Behavioral Medicine
The behavioral health curriculum offers an integrated approach to health care through didactics and collaborative training with behavioral health graduate students. 

HIV/Hepatitis C
Our faculty work closely with Camino de Vida, the local HIV agency, and we care for over half of the HIV patients in Dona Ana County.  We are also one of two clinics in Southern New Mexico offering Department of Health-based Hepatitis C treatment. 

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