The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas is one of the nation's leading academic medical centers, specializing in Alzheimer's and other neurological disorders; cancer care; heart, lung and vascular issues; pediatric illnesses, birth defects and inherited disorders; urology; neurosurgery; infectious diseases and immunology; and basic genetic and molecular research, computational biology and biotechnology; as well as many other clinical and research specialties.

UT Southwestern, a component of The University of Texas System, includes a medical school, graduate biomedical sciences school, school of health professions, university hospitals, research centers and outpatient clinics. It includes five Nobel laureates, four of whom are active faculty members; 19 members of the National Academy of Sciences and 20 members of the academy's Institute of Medicine.