Hospital News
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Memorial Medical Center Welcomes Gregory D. Eberhart As Chief Medical Officer
February 05, 2025Senior physician executive leader brings wealth of experience and skills.
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Dennis Knox named CEO of Memorial Medical Center
January 24, 2025Knox has served as interim CEO since August 2024, bringing extensive experience in healthcare leadership and operational management.
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MMC and Cancer Warriors Partner To Offer Free Yoga Classes For Cancer Survivors
January 21, 2025The integration of yoga into oncology care has shown significant benefits for individuals’ physical, emotional and psychological well-being.
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Memorial Minute: Jan. 17th, 2025
January 17, 2025News from the leadership team at Memorial Medical Center.
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Tracking Heart Failure: MMC Implants First CardioMEMS Device
January 10, 2025This cutting-edge system allows doctors to closely monitor patients with heart failure without their leaving home
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Memorial Medical Center Welcomes First Baby of 2025
January 03, 2025LAS CRUCES, NM (Jan. 3, 2025) – Memorial Medical Center is ringing in 2025 with the year’s first bundle of joy. Weighing 5 pounds, 15 ounces and measuring 17.5 inches long, Maydelin was born to proud parents Gema and Isaac at 1:26 p.m. on Jan. 1st. Our labor and delivery team was thrilled to play a part in this special moment. "Helping families welcome their…
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Memorial Minute: Dec. 9, 2024
December 16, 2024News from the leadership team at Memorial Medical Center
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Memorial Minute: Sept. 4, 2024
December 16, 2024News from the leadership team at Memorial Medical Center.
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Memorial Minute: Nov. 6, 2024
December 16, 2024News from the leadership team at Memorial Medical Center.
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MMC Now Offers Advanced PSMA-PET Imaging for Men with Prostate Cancer
December 16, 2024Scan can reveal the presence of prostate cancer cells throughout the body and may be able to detect tumors more accurately than conventional imaging methods.
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Memorial Minute: Oct. 9, 2024
December 16, 2024News from the leadership team at Memorial Medical Center.
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MMC Makes History With Revolutionary Procedure For Peripheral Artery Disease
December 09, 2024(Las Cruces, NM – December 9, 2024) – Memorial Medical Center continues to be a pioneer in cardiovascular services and technology, today becoming the first hospital in all of New Mexico and El Paso to place a revolutionary device that helps the most vulnerable patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) below the knee. Interventional Cardiologist Udit…
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New PET/CT Unit Now Operational
December 02, 2024Memorial Medical Center is very proud to announce that our new PET/CT unit is now operational, making MMC the only facility in Las Cruces offering full-time PET/CT services. The addition of this imaging modality represents yet another unique service that we offer to our community and region, and the technology will go a long way in the diagnosis and treatment…
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Memorial wants to be the best we can be for our community
November 13, 2024All area residents are invited to Memorial Medical Center’s public board meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 20 from 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. at the hospital Annex.
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Lung Cancer Screening: What You Should Know
November 06, 2024November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month – the perfect time to learn if an LDCT scan is right for you. Here’s what you need to know about this potentially lifesaving screening.
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Memorial Cancer Center Pharmacist Traci M. White Earns Rare Double Board Certification
October 30, 2024Traci M. White, PharmD, PhC, BCGP, BCOP, is now just one of 7 pharmacists nationwide to be double Board-certified in both Oncology and Geriatric Pharmacy.
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MMC Adds Smart Knee Implant To Bolster Total Knee Replacement Offerings
October 10, 2024Robert Schwartz, MD, is in the only orthopedic surgeon in the area, including El Paso, offering this technology to patients.
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Breast Cancer Awareness Month: What to Know About Your Mammogram
September 30, 2024This October, add Breast Cancer Awareness Month to your calendar, and ask your provider if it’s time for your mammogram. Here’s what you need to know about this potentially life-saving screening.
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Dr. Fontan Celebrates 500th Robotic Surgery Case
August 26, 2024We’re celebrating Fermin Fontan, MD, FACS, FASMBS, for successfully completing his 500th robotic surgery case. Congratulations to the whole team on this milestone! Dr. Fontan is the only surgeon performing robotic weight loss surgery in the state of New Mexico. Dr. Fontan performs robotically-assisted sleeve gastrectomy, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and duodenal switch…
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MMC nationally recognized for its commitment to providing high-quality stroke care
July 15, 2024Memorial Medical Center has received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke Silver Plus 2024 quality achievement award for its commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines, ultimately leading to more lives saved and reduced…
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