Rural Health is National Health

Shiprock-University of New Mexico (SUNM) Family Medicine Residency

Shiprock
NM
Rural Track Program
Family Medicine

At the Shiprock UNM Residency Program, we train family physicians to work rurally and beyond. We are the first federal Indian Health Service (IHS) residency program in the country, and the only residency located on Navajo Nation (Diné Bikéyah), serving the Diné people. Our program accepts 2 residents per year. We are a 1+2 program: residents train as part of the University of New Mexico Hospital and the North Valley Clinic during their first year, and at Northern Navajo Medical Center (NNMC) in Shiprock during years 2 and 3. Inpatient rotations during year 1 are at the Veterans Affairs Hospital and UNM Hospital, the only level 1 Trauma Center for the state of New Mexico. NNMC in Shiprock is a 65 bed rural hospital and clinic that combines emergency medicine, obstetrics, inpatient medicine, and ICU care with robust outpatient clinics where volume averages approximately 600 visits per day.

Program Contact

Ronda Billie
ronda.billie@ihs.gov
505-368-7009

Program Director

Heather Kivich, MD

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