Lovelace Medical Center

Overview

Lovelace Medical Center (LMC), located in the heart of Albuquerque, is a 263-bed acute care hospital with over 1,200 employees providing comprehensive care, including around-the-clock emergency care, surgical services, non-invasive robotic spine surgery, cardiology, award-winning stroke care, radiology and oncology services. We are proud to be certified as a primary stroke center by DNV-GL, demonstrating our dedication to excellent stroke care. LMC also offers inpatient adult behavior health, neurological and rehabilitation services.

• Number of employees in 2022: 971
• Licensed beds in 2022: 263
• Inpatient admissions in 2022: 8,449
• Outpatient visits in 2022: 129,646 (combined with Heart Hospital of New Mexico)
• Emergency Department visits in 2022: 28,412
• Surgical cases in 2022: 6,990

Services

• 24/7 Emergency Department
• Adult ICU
• Cardiovascular ICU
• Cardiology Services
• Dialysis
• Gamma Knife Center of New Mexico
• Inpatient PT, OT and Speech Therapy
• Medical Oncology
• Pulmonology and respiratory therapy
• Radiation Oncology
• Radiology Services
• Stroke and neurology unit
• Surgical Services

Awards

• AHA Get with the Guidelines - Gold Plus Target Stroke Elite Plus Honor Roll and the Target Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll 2021 - 2022
• Leapfrog Top Teaching Hospital
• Leapfrog Hospital Safety "A" Grade
• AHA Get with the Guidelines - Stroke Gold Plus with Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus
• Modern Healthcare's Best Places to Work in Healthcare, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
• Midas+ Platinum Quality Award
• DNV-GL Gold Seal of Approval for certification as a Primary Stroke Center
• Named to Becker’s Hospital Review’s list of 100 Hospitals with Great Neurosurgery and Spine Programs
• Accredited in radiation oncology by the American College of Radiology 2017, 2018, 2019
• DNV-GL accredited