University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
TypePublic academic health science center
Established1943
Parent institution
University of Texas System
Endowment$1.31 billion (2022)[1]
Budget$4.6 billion (2022)[2]
PresidentDaniel K. Podolsky
DeanWei-Ping Lee
Academic staff
4,175 (3,034 full-time, 333 part-time, 808 voluntary)[2]
Students1,862 (923 medical school students, 552 graduate school of biomedical sciences students, 387 school of health professions students)[2]
Postgraduates2,008 (1,512 clinical residents, 496 postdoctoral fellows)[2]
Location
Dallas
,
Texas
,
United States

32°48′45″N 96°50′18″W / 32.8126058°N 96.8384102°W / 32.8126058; -96.8384102
CampusUrban, 231 acres (0.9 km2)
Websitewww.utsouthwestern.edu

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UT Southwestern or UTSW) is a public academic health science center in Dallas, Texas. With approximately 23,000 employees,[3] more than 3,000 full-time faculty, and nearly 4 million outpatient visits per year, UT Southwestern is the largest medical school in the University of Texas System and the State of Texas.[4]

UT Southwestern's operating budget in 2021 was more than US$4.1 billion,[4] and is the largest medical institution in the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex (and therefore North Texas region), annually training about 3,800 medical, graduate, and health professions students, residents, and postdoctoral fellows. UT Southwestern Research Programs amounted to US$634.9 million in 2022.[5]

UT Southwestern's faculty also provide services at Scottish Rite for Children, VA North Texas Health Care System, and other affiliated hospitals and community clinics in the North Texas region. Faculty and residents provide care in more than 80 specialties to more than 100,000 hospitalized patients, more than 360,000 emergency room cases, and oversee nearly 4 million outpatient visits a year, including more than US$106.7 million in unreimbursed clinical services annually.[6]

Through the major hospitals affiliated with UT Southwestern in the city of Dallas, the medical center also has a large presence in the cities of Plano, Frisco, Fort Worth, Coppell, and Irving, prominent suburbs in the Dallas area.[7]

UT Southwestern in Dallas has the largest medical residency program in the United States.[8] In 2016, UT Southwestern began providing additional care through Southwestern Health Resources, a network combining the systems of Texas Health Resources and UT Southwestern. The network comprises 31 hospitals, 300 clinics, and more than 3,000 physicians and caregivers.[9]

  1. ^ "UT system audit" (PDF).
  2. ^ a b c d "Facts and Figures".
  3. ^ "UT Southwestern honored for health care leadership development" (Press release). UT Southwestern. December 2, 2022. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Fast Facts" (PDF). The University of Texas System. September 2018. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
  5. ^ "Facts and Figures". About Us. UT Southwestern. October 2, 2023. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
  6. ^ "UT Southwestern joins elite Honor Roll of nation's top 20 hospitals" (Press release). UT Southwestern. August 1, 2023. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
  7. ^ "Hospital and Clinic Locations". UT Southwestern. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
  8. ^ "UT Southwestern faculty let unsupervised resident doctors operate at Parkland". The Dallas Morning News. August 1, 2010. Archived from the original on May 15, 2023. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
  9. ^ El-Shahawy, Summer (March 30, 2022). "Collin, Denton, Tarrant counties see population increases; DFW ranks first nationwide in population growth". Community Impact. Retrieved January 3, 2024.