| With
its dedication to teaching and training future health professionals
and scientists, its commitment to remaining at the forefront
of biomedical research, and its outstanding service in providing
the highest quality of compassionate, scientifically-based
care to its patients, UT Southwestern Medical Center is well-respected
as one of the top academic medical centers in the world. Situated
on a 231-acre campus on Harry Hines Boulevard, just a 10-minute
drive northwest of downtown Dallas, the medical center includes
three degree-granting institutions: UT Southwestern Medical
School, UT Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences,
and UT Southwestern Allied Health Sciences School. Together
they train more than 4000 medical, graduate and allied health
students, residents and postdoctoral fellows each year. The
center's affiliated hospitals include Parkland Memorial Hospital,
Zale Lipshy University Hospital, St. Paul University Hospital,
Children's Medical Center Dallas, and the Dallas VA Medical
Center. Among the dedicated UT Southwestern faculty are many
distinguished members, including four Nobel laureates, 15
members of the National Academy of Sciences, and 16 members
of the Institute of Medicine. UT Southwestern Medical School
itself is one of four medical schools in the University of
Texas System and one of eight medical schools in the state
of Texas. The medical school admits more than 200 students
each year and has awarded more than 8600 medical degrees since
it was established. Admission is highly competitive, and by
law, 90% of the medical school's students are Texas residents,
thus assuring a consistent source of high-quality physicians
for the state. |
