UNM Truman Health Services has opened a new clinic near Gibson and University in southeast Albuquerque, bringing together HIV and hepatitis C testing, counseling, preventative medication and an in-house pharmacy under one roof. The clinic is operated by the University of New Mexico and officials say it will increase the level of service available to patients.
Truman Health Services has offered care to New Mexicans for many years, and as KRQE News 13 reports, the new facility consolidates that work into a single location. The project traces back to April 2025, when Truman teams and UNM Health leadership broke ground on what was described at the time as an all-new clinic near Gibson and University, according to UNM Health Sciences News. The 28,000-square-foot building was designed to consolidate operations under one roof, improving patient outcomes and provider experience, per the same account.
One Space for a Scattered Team
Before the new building, Truman's staff and services were spread across multiple locations. Health Sciences News quotes Michelle Iandiorio, MD, Truman's medical director, describing the goal as creating “a cohesive space where all of the Truman team members can be located,” uniting doctors, nurses, behavioral health specialists and pharmacists who, according to KOAT, already work together as a team-based approach to patient care.
That integration matters most for people walking in for a test. Truman specializes in free HIV and hepatitis C testing available to anyone in the community, with no insurance required, the health sciences news outlet notes. The clinic tests roughly 2,500 people a year, and most results come back the same day, often within minutes.
From Testing to Treatment in One Visit
According to UNM Health's services page, the rapid, point-of-care testing offered at Truman takes less than twenty minutes from sample to result. For patients who test positive, KOAT reports they are immediately connected with a nurse who walks them through next steps and care coordination, rather than being left to navigate a diagnosis alone.
Beyond testing, UNM Health lists primary and specialty care for people living with HIV, along with medication adherence education and counseling. The clinic also provides HIV pre-exposure and post-exposure prophylaxis aimed at stopping transmission before or after potential exposure, and it offers comprehensive social and medical services to transgender and gender-nonconforming patients regardless of their HIV status, per the same UNM Health page.
A Pharmacy Built Around Complex Care
The new clinic's in-house pharmacy is built specifically for patients managing chronic conditions. UNM Health's pharmacy services page states that Truman's pharmacists and staff specialize in medications used to treat complex and chronic health problems such as HIV. Patients can pick up prescriptions in person, or the pharmacy will ship them free of charge to a home or doctor's office, according to the same source.
The Albuquerque expansion follows a similar move two years earlier. In 2024, UNM Truman Health Services opened a clinic in Roswell to serve Southeast New Mexico, Health Sciences News reports, extending the organization's reach beyond the metro area before turning its attention to consolidating its home base near the UNM campus.
