• Vice-Chair, University of New Mexico School of Medicine 
• Office for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
• Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine 
• Medical Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Program 
• Pulmonary & Critical Care Division 
• University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

Dr. Melendres-Groves earned her medical degree at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine, where she also completed her internal medicine internship and residency and a pulmonary and critical care medicine fellowship. Additionally, she completed a post-doctorate pulmonary vascular disease fellowship at Stanford University Hospital School of Medicine. She co-authored a recent journal article on caring for patients with PAH amid the COVID-19 pandemic.