Three Crosses Regional Hospital Program

Internal Medicine Analyst Verified · Oct 21, 2026

Three Crosses Regional Hospital Program

Three Crosses Regional Hospital Program is a residency program specializing in Internal Medicine, located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, directed by Ali Hassan, MD and coordinated by Laura Clelland.. International Medical Graduates interested in this program may contact the program coordinator directly at [email protected] or (575) 800-3181. IMGPrep analysts have verified and compiled this program’s IMG acceptance rate, USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 score requirements, Visa Sponsorship Policy, graduation year cutoff, and ECFMG certificate requirements — available to IMGPrep subscribers.

Program Identity & Fit

Three Crosses Regional Hospital IM Residency is a newly accredited, unopposed, community-based three-year program in Las Cruces built around a small 46-bed acute-care hospital and its own hospital-owned primary care clinic, established in 2023 to give residents panel continuity from day one. Inpatient teaching rests on a compact core of five hospitalists plus two IM physicians, supplemented by elective exposure to subspecialty-owned clinics (cardiology, endocrinology, nephrology, pain, gynecology), reflecting a generalist, primary-care-first orientation rather than a subspecialty pipeline. As part of the New Mexico Primary Care Training Consortium, the program is explicitly mission-driven toward community retention, stating a goal that at least half of residents remain in Las Cruces to serve underserved Southern New Mexico. Research appears as an emerging institutional activity (an inaugural QI/Research Day) rather than a core identity, and the culture is framed around mentorship, collegiality, and physician well-being in a small-town academic-community hybrid setting.

Who it fits
A primary-care-oriented applicant, often with regional or Southwest ties, seeking a small, mentorship-rich community hospital program where they can build a longitudinal outpatient panel and plans to practice locally after training rather than pursue subspecialty fellowship.
Research intensity
Low - a QI/research rotation and an inaugural Research Day exist, but research is not central to program identity or resident expectations.
Career orientation
Primary Care
Important
The program states a preference for local/regional candidates and aims for at least half of residents to remain in Las Cruces after training.
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CURRENT RESIDENTS
Program Director
Name: Ali Hassan, MD
Program Coordinator
Name: Laura Clelland Email: [email protected] Phone: (575) 800-3181 Address: ,Las Cruces
Program Website
https://newmexicoresidencies.org/threecrosses-im/
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