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Lovelace Rio Rancho Providers and Urgent Care Center on Southern Blvd. in Rio Rancho To Relocate

ALBUQUERQUE , NM . April 26 – Lovelace Health System will relocate the providers practicing at the Lovelace Healthcare Center located at 3801 Southern Blvd. SE in Rio Rancho on April 30, 2006. The Rio Rancho Urgent Care Center will also relocate to Rio Rancho Lovelace Healthcare Center located at 1721 Rio Rancho NW, Rio Rancho on April 28, 2006.

The providers and staff will relocate to two different healthcare centers located in Rio Rancho as of May 1, 2006 as follows:

Drs. Edward Chelist, Ana Lisa Rodriquez, John Good, Kristina Gutierrez-Barela, Pawitta Kasemsap and Lynne Healer, Nurse Practitioner, will relocate to the Lovelace Healthcare Center at 1721 Rio Rancho NW, Rio Rancho, NM. The telephone number will be 505.896.8600. They will continue to provide the full spectrum of Family Medicine and Pediatrics at this site.

Lovelace's experienced physicians, nurses and support staff will provide medical care at this location from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Friday.

The hours for the Rio Rancho Urgent Care Center will be 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Friday, and 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Starting May 1, 2006 Urgent Care will be changing their hours at this site to 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, and from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Drs. Denise Aamodt and Anastasia Karamanides will be moving to the Westside Medical Pavilion located at 10511 Golf Course Road NW , Albuquerque (next to the Lovelace Westside Hospital ) and will continue to practice the full spectrum of Family Medicine. The telephone number will be 505.232.1100. The office hours will be 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Friday.

All medical record and insurance information will be transferred to the appropriate provider's office.

Lovelace Health System comprises four acute care hospitals, a rehabilitation hospital, the Lovelace Health Plan, S.E.D. Medical Laboratories, Lovelace Medical Group and 15 neighborhood health care centers in Albuquerque, Rio Rancho and Santa Fe.