The UNM Center for Life (CFL) is a state-of-the-art integrative and intercultural center. CFL treats people who have a wide range of health issues, using a vast array of ancient and modern techniques. The Center emphasizes prevention and wellness along with disease management. The mission of the Center for Life is to provide customer-oriented, preventative services and medical care in a healing environment by integrating the highest standards of conventional and complementary medicine, and nurturing the intrinsic healing in the whole person – body, mind, and spirit. Read More
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Feb 15, 2012: CFL Part of National Integrative Medicine Study
Department of Internal Medicine
Division of General Internal Medicine
MSC10-5550
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131
Phone: (505) 925-7464
Fax: (505) 925-4539
The HSC Internal Medicine Resident Program offers an Integrative Medicine Residency Track. Applications for the Program are accepted only through the "Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS).
The Section of Integrative Medicine at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center offers alternative and complementary therapies in acupuncture, Ayurvedic medicine, botanical medicine, chiropractic, curanderismo, energy medicine, homeopathy, massage therapy, mind–body medicine, and Native American healing traditions.
The Section provides education to members of the UNM HSC, in medical student lectures, clinics with residents, and grand rounds in family practice and internal medicine. The Section is working to include integrative medicine in the School of Medicine curriculum and has a collection of textbooks, papers, and journals in integrative medicine.
The Section is actively engaged in several research projects, including medical student projects on student and faculty attitudes toward integrative medicine, complementary and alternative medicine therapies for arthritis, and issues concerning integrative medicine use in primary care clinics in New Mexico.
The practice of medicine that reaffirms the importance of the relationship between practitioner and patient, focuses on the whole person, is informed by evidence, and makes use of all appropriate therapeutic approaches, healthcare professionals and disciplines to achieve optimal health and healing. (See information on specific disciplines on the menu at left).