Patricia Souchon, MD, FACS, a General Surgeon with UNM Sandoval Regional Medical Center
Get to know General Surgeon Dr. Patricia Souchon, who serves patients in Rio Rancho, New Mexico.
Dr. Souchon, a board-certified general surgeon, has more than a decade of experience in her field. She is currently affiliated with UNM Sandoval Regional Medical Center in Rio Rancho, New Mexico.
UNM Sandoval Regional Medical Center’s unique open medical staff model allows service from both the University of New Mexico (UNM) faculty physicians and community-based, independent doctors. Its mission is to improve the overall health of the community by providing the highest-quality health care services that meet the needs of Sandoval County’s diverse population, as well as providing, increasingly over time, health care and medical educational opportunities through partnerships with the UNM School of Medicine, the UNM College of Nursing, the UNM College of Pharmacy, and Central New Mexico Community College.
In her professional experience, Dr. Souchon also serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of New Mexico, a public research university in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Her acclaimed career in medicine began after she earned her medical degree from the Central University of Venezuela in 2004. Upon relocating to the United States, she went on to complete her internship in general surgery at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, followed by her residency in general surgery at the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine. This was followed by fellowship training in surgical critical care and surgery at the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine in 2015 and 2016, respectively.
Among the doctor’s achievements, she is board-certified in surgery and surgical critical care by the American Board of Surgery, an independent, non-profit organization founded for the purpose of certifying surgeons who have met a defined standard of education, training, and knowledge. She is also a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
General surgery is a surgical specialty that focuses on abdominal contents including the esophagus, stomach, small bowel, colon, liver, pancreas, gallbladder, appendix and bile ducts, and often the thyroid gland. A general surgeon performs a wide range of abdominal surgeries for many forms of intestinal and abdominal wall neoplasms, gallbladder disease, gastric and pancreatic disease. They follow the patient through critical care and surgical recovery all the way to outpatient care.
Learn more about Dr. Patricia Souchon:
Through her findatopdoc profile, https://www.findatopdoc.com/doctor/2625249-Patricia-Souchon-Surgeon or through UNM Sandoval Regional Medical Center, https://findadoc.health.unm.edu/FADPF/Home/Details/M4K40KYFF5
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