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Check out Lovelace Westside Hospital's newly renovated Surgical Specialty Suite. General Surgery, Bariatric, Orthopedic, Gastroenterology and Ear Nose and Throat patients will stay here during their recovery.

There is hope! The quality of life for you or your loved one with Parkinson’s disease can be improved. Eliza Linde, physical therapist assistant with Lovelace UNM Rehabilitation Hospital, discusses the signs and symptoms of the disease. She demonstrates treatments you can do now using LSVT BIG®, SPEAKOUT!® AND PWR!Moves® and gives you the tools you need to follow-up with your care. Learn how to restore, maintain and live your best life! For more information, call 505.727.4725.

ALBUQUERQUE, April 29, 2021 — Lovelace Medical Center (LMC), Lovelace Women’s Hospital (LWH) and Lovelace Regional Hospital (LRH) received an “A” safety grade in the spring 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade report, a national distinction recognizing their achievements protecting patients from errors, injuries, accidents, and infections. This is the second safety grade “A” in a row for both LMC and LWH.

The only hospital in Albuquerque offering Stryker’s Mako Smartrobotics™

ALBUQUERQUE – April 22, 2021 – Lovelace Medical Center and Lovelace Westside Hospital are the first hospitals in Albuquerque to offer patients new orthopedic robotic technology that has shown to decrease pain post-surgery, shorten hospital stays and improve flexibly as compared to manual surgery.

Join us as we hear from Aaron Geswaldo, D.O., F.A.C.O.S., urologist with Lovelace Medical Group, as he explains the symptoms of lower urinary tract issues in men and the treatment options available. You or your loved one doesn’t need to suffer!

While pregnant on a trip to California with her husband, Kyle, in September 2019, Connie suddenly became very ill and swollen.

Still concerned about her health once she arrived back home in New Mexico days later, her mother encouraged her to go to the doctor. She was worried  she may be experiencing preeclampsia, a complication usually experienced later in pregnancy that causes organ damage.

In 2010, during a routine physical, Christopher H.’s doctor suggested a colonoscopy. As a 51-year-old at the time, Christopher knew it was a good idea, especially considering his family history of colon cancer, but his fear of knowing if anything was amiss prevented him from undergoing the procedure.

Lisa Markland and her husband Dave Markland completed the 10K for the Run, Walk & Roll event on the C&O Canal towpath that went from Darnestown to Potomac, Maryland and back. Her husband is a very healthy 62-year-old Coast Guard veteran but Lisa’s story is a bit unique, and why they chose this particular race challenge (for her, this was a true challenge in every way). She wanted to share it with us.

ALBUQUERQUE – March 22, 2021 – Lovelace Health System has named Amy Blasing, RN, MSN as the chief executive officer (CEO) of Lovelace Women’s Hospital, effective April 5, 2021.

Arturo Madrid, 82, is doing exceptionally well after undergoing the first LVAD implant procedure performed in New Mexico at the Heart Hospital of New Mexico at Lovelace Medical Center on December 19, 2017.

Arturo and his wife Pilar waged a long and frustrating battle with Arturo’s deteriorating health to no avail until a patient referral led them to Albuquerque and the Heart Hospital of New Mexico at Lovelace Medical Center.