Press Release

ALBUQUERQUE, NM – October 28, 2024 – Lovelace Health System has named Tracey L. Miller, MHA, chief operating officer (COO) of Lovelace Medical Group, effective October 28. Miller has over 30 years of healthcare experience, most recently serving as a multi-site practice administrator at UCHealth Medical Group in Colorado. In this role, she supported the…

ALBUQUERQUE – October 8, 2024 –Heart Hospital of New Mexico at Lovelace Medical Center (HHNM) has received the American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline® Regional Recognition award for its commitment to offering swift and evidence-based care to individuals across the region experiencing the most severe heart attacks. Achieving Mission: Lifeline® Regional Recognition denotes a commitment to…

ALBUQUERQUE – September 10, 2024 – Doctors at New Mexico Heart Institute (NMHI) participated in the RECOVER IV Trial to study the FDA-approved Impella CP heart pump in patients who have experienced cardiogenic shock, aiming to learn how the pump may help improve heart recovery. Cardiogenic (heart) shock is when the heart is weakened and…

ALBUQUERQUE – July 17, 2024– Lovelace Westside Hospital (LWSH) has received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke GOLD PLUS quality achievement award for its dedication to ensuring all stroke patients have access to best practices and life-saving care. This award recognizes LWSH’s commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according…

ALBUQUERQUE – July 15, 2024 –Lovelace Medical Center (LMC) earned the Get With The Guidelines® – Stroke GOLD PLUS with Honor Roll Elite and Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll, both for the 12th consecutive year. This award recognizes LMC’s commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based…

ALBUQUERQUE – July 3, 2024 – Lovelace Medical Center (LMC) has performed its first robotic-assisted bronchoscopy using the Ion Endoluminal System (Ion) platform for minimally invasive biopsy of the lung. The Ion procedure was completed by Jeffrey Mazer, MD, Lovelace Medical Group pulmonologist, which allowed him to navigate to nodules in all 18 segments of…

CT-based planning allows surgeons to plan and individualize total knee, partial knee and total hip replacement procedures to each patient ALBUQUERQUE – June 27, 2024 – Lovelace Health System (LHS) has performed a total of 1,059 Mako SmartRobotics™ procedures across all applications – Total Knee, Partial Knee and Total Hip. These procedures were completed at…

ALBUQUERQUE, NM – June 24, 2024 – Lovelace Health System has named Sherry Aragon, MBA, chief operating officer (COO) of Lovelace Women’s Hospital (LWH), effective June 24. Aragon has more than 20 years of healthcare leadership experience and has been with Lovelace since 2004, when she became director of diagnostic services for Heart Hospital of…

ALBUQUERQUE – June 24, 2024 – Today Heart Hospital of New Mexico at Lovelace Medical Center (HHNM) and GE HealthCare (Nasdaq: GEHC) announced HHNM as the first location in the United States to install GE HealthCare’s Allia Image Guided System (IGS) Pulse, which was designed to provide exceptional image quality and improve workflow for the…

ALBUQUERQUE – June 6, 2024 – Lovelace Medical Center (LMC) has acquired the only Intuitive da Vinci 5 ® surgical system in the state of New Mexico, demonstrating its commitment to the most advanced technology available in minimally invasive surgery. Erica McBride, DO, general surgeon with Lovelace Medical Group (LMG) repaired a recurrent inguinal hernia…