MIMBRES VALLEY MEDICAL GROUP, DEMING FAMILY PRACTICE WELCOMES THOMAS A. MCCLENDON, NURSE PRACTITIONER
DEMING, N.M. – Nurse Practitioner Tom McClendon has joined Mimbres Valley Medical Group’s Family Practice and is now accepting patients. A native of Deming, McClendon has spent his life serving Luna County and the southwest region of New Mexico. He retired from the City of Deming Fire Department as a captain in 2005, after spending 20 years as a firefighter and EMT. He enrolled in nursing school at Western New Mexico University and graduated in 2009. He worked as a Registered Nurse at Mimbres Memorial Hospital in the Medical/Surgical Department and in the Emergency Department until 2014. He also became a flight nurse with Air Methods Corporation, and he received his master’s degree as a Family Nurse Practitioner in 2021.
“Taking care of the Deming and Luna County community healthcare needs has been my honor for the last 37 years,” said McClendon. “I’m looking forward to continuing to serve patients as a primary care provider with Mimbres Valley Medical Group, Rural Health Care.”
Gary R. Poquette, Mimbres CEO said he is pleased that McClendon chose Mimbres Valley Medical Group. “Stabilizing Primary Care has been a large focus of the executive team of Mimbres Memorial Hospital,” he said. “Tom’s background and education, and the experience he brings to the practice, allows our patients the opportunity to receive complete family medical care at home in Deming.”
McClendon will be seeing patients at 905 South 8th Street, Suite B in the medical office building on the campus of Mimbres Memorial Hospital. An appointment can be scheduled by calling (575) 543-7200.
Mimbres Valley Medical Group Rural Health Clinic
Mimbres Valley Medical Group RHC a Part of Mimbres Memorial Hospital provides Internal Medicine, Family Practice, Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecological preventative outpatient care to southwestern New Mexico. Mimbres Valley Medical Group is located on campus at Mimbres Memorial Hospital 905 South 8th Street Suite B. Patients can make appointments either through the central scheduling at 575-543-7200 or online at MimbresAnytime.com.
For More Information, Contact:
Tamara M. Hand
Director of Business Development and Marketing
Mimbres Memorial Hospital
575-546-5458