University of Texas Southwestern (UTSW) Medical Center

UT Southwestern, one of the nation’s premier academic medical centers, integrates pioneering biomedical research with exceptional clinical care and education. The institution’s faculty members have received six Nobel Prizes and include 25 members of the National Academy of Sciences, 23 members of the National Academy of Medicine, and 14 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigators. The full-time faculty of more than 3,200 is responsible for groundbreaking medical advances and is committed to translating science-driven research quickly to new clinical treatments. UT Southwestern physicians provide care in more than 80 specialties to more than 120,000 hospitalized patients, more than 360,000 emergency room cases, and oversee nearly 5 million outpatient visits a year.

Mission:
Promoting health and a healthy society that enables achievement of full human potential
Educate:
Physicians, scientists, and caregivers optimally prepared to serve the needs of patients and society
Discover:
Research that solves for unmet needs by finding better treatments, cures, and prevention with a commitment to ensuring real world application.
Heal:
Best care possible today, with continuous improvement and innovation for better care tomorrow.

Values:
• Excellence: They strive for the highest standards of clinical excellence, educational distinction, research integrity, and administrative quality in all They do. They are rigorous in our commitment to ongoing improvement.
• Innovation: They endeavor to develop new knowledge about diseases and treatment, enhance the lives of patients through better care and treatments, creatively approach challenges, and inspire the next generation of physicians, scientists, and health professionals.
• Teamwork: They work collaboratively and with a shared purpose, drawing on our diverse backgrounds, talents and ideas, and bringing an unwavering integrity to everything They do.
• Compassion: They foster an environment in which patients, visitors, and colleagues are treated with respect, dignity, and kindness in every encounter, every day.