Awards, Accreditations and Distinctions

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Memorial Medical Center is proud to be a leader in the quality of care provided to the Las Cruces area and Southern New Mexico. Below is a list of some of the awards and accreditations the hospital, along with our departments, have received in recent years.

Memorial Medical Center Earns Top Hospital Award for LifePoint Health

Memorial Medical Center earned the 2020 High Five Award as the top hospital out of the entire 88-hospital LifePoint Health system. This award is based on excellence in healthcare delivery and is the highest honor a LifePoint hospital can receive. The community should feel confident knowing Memorial Medical Center is so focused on quality and safety.

 

Memorial High Five Award

Bariatric Accreditations and Distinctions

  • Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Distinction Center for Bariatrics
  • Joint Commission Certificate of Distinction for Bariatric Surgery
  • Accredited Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP)
  • Surgical Quality Partner with the American College of Surgeons

Cardiac Care Accreditations

  • American College of Cardiology Accreditations:
    • Cardiac Rehabilitation Program
    • Chest Pain Center with Primary PCI Accreditation

Memorial Medical Center Awards, Accreditations and Distinctions

  • Best of the Best of the Mesilla Valley Reader's Choice Awards earned in 2023:
    • Best Hospital
    • Best ER
    • Best Large Employer
    • Best ENT Clinic: Memorial Ear, Nose & Throat Institute 
    • Best Family Practice Clinic: Memorial Family HealthCare - North Main
    • Best OB/GYN: Amelia Clement, MD
  • Bulletin's Best of the Mesilla Valley Reader's Choice Awards earned for 2025:
    • Best Hospital
    • Also named Best Hospital from 2003-2013, and in 2015, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024
  • Joint Commission Accreditation:
    • Hospital
    • Laboratory

 

  • Certified Primary Stroke Center designated by The Joint Commission
  • Stroke: 2025 Get With The Guidelines Gold Plus Award
  • Las Cruces Chamber of Commerce 2021 Large Business of the Year
  •  Designated as a Baby-Friendly Hospital by the World Health Organization and UNICEF
  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Accreditation
  • Accreditation by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education
  • Anticoagulation Center of Excellence

Oncology Care Awards and Accreditations

  • Bulletin's Best of the Mesilla Valley Reader's Choice Awards earned for 2025:
    • Best Cancer Center
  • American College of Surgeons (ACOS) - Only Accredited Cancer Program in Southern New Mexico and West Texas
  • American College of Radiology (ACR) - Only Certified Radiation Oncology Program in Southern New Mexico
  • Proudly Associated with the UNM Comprehensive Cancer Care Center

Surgical Awards and Accreditations

  • Joint Commission Disease-specific Certification for Bariatric Surgery
  • Joint Commission Disease-specific Certification for Knee Replacement Surgery
  • Joint Commission Disease-specific Certification for Hip Replacement Surgery