University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UT Southwestern or UTSW) is one of the leading academic medical centers in the world.  It is one of the biomedical research institutions of the University of Texas System, incorporating three degree-granting institutions, four affiliated hospitals, including Parkland Memorial, the major public teaching hospital of the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex, and world-class biomedical research laboratories. According to U.S. News and World Report, UTSW Medical School is the top medical school in Texas for research and second in primary care.

UT Southwestern is distinguished by the quality of its biomedical research, which consistently ranks among the best in the world. UTSW’s research faculty includes 18 members of the National Academy of Sciences, 13 members of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and four active Nobel Laureates.

UT Southwestern’s focus on graduate education and its relatively small size have fostered a collaborative culture between basic science and medicine that has led to many major medical discoveries, including Michael S. Brown and Joseph L. Goldstein’s Nobel Prize-winning research on cholesterol metabolism. This suitability for training medical scientists is reflected in the emphasis placed on the highly-competitive MD/PhD Medical Scientist Training Program at UTSW, with which Dr. Brown is intimately involved.

The center is located in the Southwestern Medical District, a 231-acre (0.93 km2) campus in Dallas incorporating UT Southwestern Medical School, UT Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, UT Southwestern School of Health Professions, and five affiliated hospitals: Parkland Memorial Hospital, Children’s Medical Center, University Medical Centre Brackenridge, Zale Lipshy University Hospital, and St. Paul University Hospital, as well as the Aston Ambulatory Care Center. It has branch programs with affiliated hospitals at several sites in Dallas, Richardson, Fort Worth, Waco ,Austin,Texas and Wichita Falls.

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Rankings

• BEST 2010 MEDICAL SCHOOLS RANKING IN INTERNAL MEDICINE
• BEST MEDICAL SCHOOLS – PRIMARY CARE RANKINGS
• MEDICAL SCHOOL RANKINGS – BEST RESEARCH MEDICAL SCHOOLS

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Tuition and Fees

$478 per semester hour x 119 total hours = $56,882

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Schools of University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

• Medical School
• Graduate School
• School of Health Professions

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center News

• Psychiatrist leads national trial for depression biomarkers - Tue, 15 May 2012
  UT Southwestern psychiatrists are leading a national clinical trial to find biomarkers that can better predict how people suffering from depression will respond to medications so physicians eventually can personalize treatments.

• Manipulating molecules in the heart may treat obesity, affects metabolism - Thu, 26 Apr 2012
  Researchers have demonstrated for the first time that the heart can regulate energy balance throughout the body, a finding that may point to more effective treatments for obesity, diabetes, and heart disease.

• Lung transplant recipient thrives nearly 20 years later - Tue, 24 Apr 2012
  UT Southwestern has performed more than 300 lung transplants in recent decades, and Michael Young represents a remarkable success story.

• New University Hospital will be named to honor former Gov. William P. Clements Jr. - Thu, 12 Apr 2012
  UT Southwestern Medical Center will name its new state-of-the-art University Hospital, now under construction, to honor legendary Texas Gov. William P. Clements Jr.

• Chair of molecular biology wins 2012 Beering Award - Mon, 02 Apr 2012
  Dr. Eric N. Olson, chairman of molecular biology, is the winner of the 2012 Steven C. Beering Award for outstanding advancements in biomedical or clinical science.

• Scientist awarded inaugural Antonio M. Gotto Jr. Prize - Mon, 26 Mar 2012
  Dr. Helen Hobbs, a preeminent researcher who studies the genetics of cholesterol metabolism at UT Southwestern Medical Center, has won a prestigious award from the International Atherosclerosis Society.

• Genetic manipulation boosts growth of brain cells linked to learning, enhances effects of antidepressants - Thu, 08 Mar 2012
  Investigators have identified a genetic manipulation that increases the development of neurons in the brain during aging and enhances the effect of antidepressant drugs.

• Olson wins 2012 Passano Award - Tue, 06 Mar 2012
  Dr. Eric Olson, founding chairman of the molecular biology department, has won the 2012 Passano Award for identifying major genetic pathways that control the development of the heart and other muscles.