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Area Office Staff

Albuquerque Area Indian Health Service

Albuquerque Area Office
4101 Indian School Rd NE, Suite 225
Albuquerque, NM 87110-3988
Phone: 505-256-6800
Fax No. 505-256-6847

Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Time Zone: Mountain
States Served: NM, CO, TX, UT

Office of the Director

Director: Leonard Thomas, M.D.
Executive Officer: Vacant
Phone: 505-256-6738
FAX: 505-256-6846

Chief Medical Officer: Thomas Faber, M.D.
Phone: 505-256-6734
FAX: 505-256-6846

Executive Officer: Vacant
Phone: 505-256-6736
FAX: 505-256-6846

Tribal Support Office

Director: Randall Morgan
Phone: 505-256-6733
FAX: 505-256-6846

Division of Contracts, Grants & Procurement

Director: Eric Wright
Phone: 505-256-6752
FAX: 505-256-6848

Division of Accounting Services

Director: Myra Taylor
Phone: 505-256-6777
FAX: 505-256-6849

Division of Human Resources

Director: Carolyn Chavez
Phone: 505-256-6824
FAX: 505-256-6853

Division of Information Management Services

Director: Joseph F. Lucero
Phone: 505-256-6700
FAX: 505-256-6843

Office of Environmental Health & Engineering

Director: Gretchen Tsosie, P.E., PMP
Phone: 505-256-6786
Cell: 505-280-9786

Division of Health Facilities

Acting Director: CDR David Steen
Phone: 505-256-6804
FAX: 505-256-6852

Division of Environmental Health Services

Director: Carolyn Oyster
Phone: 505-256-6815
FAX: 505-256-6852

Division of Sanitation Facilities Construction

Acting Director: Westen Knudsen, P.E.
Phone: 505-946-9582
Cell: 505-690-3102

Environmental Health Support Center

Director: Jeff Dickson
Phone: 505-256-6808
FAX: 505-256-6852

Division of Clinical Quality

Physician Recruitment/Scholarship Program Coordinator: Michelle Aguilar Bowser
Phone: 505-256-6731
FAX: 505-256-6844

Nurse Consultant: Olinka.Foster
Phone: 505-256-6730
FAX: 505-256-6844

Health Promotion Disease Prevention: Theresa Clay
Phone: 505-256-6720
FAX: 505-256-6844

Diabetes Consultant/CHR Consultant: Bill Adams
Phone: 505-256-6718
FAX: 505-256-6844

Laboratory Consultant: Vanessa Vicenti
Phone: 505-256-6722
FAX: 505-256-6844

Public Health Nurse: Olowan De Herrera
Phone: 505-256-6716
FAX: 505-256-6844

Consultants

Area Pharmacy Consultant/Area Clinical Application Informaticist: Wil Darwin
Phone: 505-256-6741
FAX: 505-256-6845

GPRA Coordinator: Jacque Candelaria
Phone: 505-256-6740
FAX: 505-256-6845

Business Office Consultant: Charlene Nelson
Phone: 505-256-6739
Fax: 505-256-6845

Purchased/Referred Care (PRC) Consultant: Melissa Royston
Phone: 575-759-7202
Fax: 575-759-3500