UT Southwestern Medical Center

11/19/2025

Although renovations to Zale Lipshy Pavilion were officially completed earlier this year, additional updates continued through the spring and summer. UT Southwestern celebrated the full reopening on Oct. 15, when the final components – the seventh floor and its Intensive Care Unit (ICU) – returned to service.

These enhancements build on earlier improvements to operating rooms and infrastructure and support UTSW’s expansion of its Sickle Cell Program. The ICU now offers advanced intensive care, and the redesigned seventh floor has reopened in phases to its full 29-bed capacity, providing a healing environment with services such as pet and recreational therapy.

With these enhancements, Zale Lipshy is not just back – it’s better than ever, reaffirming UTSW’s commitment to excellence in patient care. Take a look back at Zale Lipshy now and through the years.

11/19/2025

When nearly 2-year-old Luna Rose and Rachel, in her early 50s, both needed transplants, hope came from a single donor. In a rare and complex split-liver transplant, surgeons gave about 30% of the deceased donor's liver to Luna, born with a life-threatening condition, and the rest to Rachel, battling cirrhosis. Today, they are thriving and celebrating their first transplant anniversary.

Learn more about how this groundbreaking surgery saved two lives: https://bit.ly/46wYYEA

11/18/2025

UT Southwestern researchers are driving a significant breakthrough in transformative cancer treatments, finding that a single pre-surgery dose of targeted radiation may be enough to eliminate breast cancer in select patients. Learn more about our ongoing commitment to improving lives through research. https://bit.ly/3X0IwGU

A single, high dose of radiation delivered before other treatments could completely eradicate tumors in most women with early-stage, operable hormone-positive breast cancer, according to a study led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers.

11/18/2025

Welcome to another , where we magnify the work of 's brilliant researchers and take a look under their microscopes. This month, we’re checking out the work of Michael Buszczak, Ph.D., Professor of Molecular Biology.

Dr. Buszczak and members of his lab study the differentiation of germ cells, which develop into reproductive cells. By studying these cells and the mechanisms of their mRNA translation and ribosome biogenesis, Dr. Buszczak seeks to understand how disruptions in normal gene function cause disease.

11/17/2025

Intermittent fasting has become a popular eating pattern—but what does it really involve, and how can you make it work for you?

Melissa Shoemaker, M.D., specialist in obesity medicine, lifestyle medicine, and preventive medicine at UT Southwestern, explains the three main types of intermittent fasting and offers practical strategies to help you get started.

Learn more about how intermittent fasting can fit into your health journey.
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11/17/2025

Big news for the future of pediatric care: Goldman Sachs has committed philanthropic support to the new $5B joint pediatric campus from UT Southwestern and Children's Health, now under construction in the Southwestern Medical District.

As one of the first corporate gifts to the project, this support will help bring expanded inpatient, surgical, and ambulatory care to the growing Dallas-Fort Worth region. This milestone strengthens our shared mission to deliver world-class care for children and families across North Texas.

Stay tuned for more updates as this transformative campus continues to take shape.

UT Southwestern Medical Center and Children's HealthSM today announced that Goldman Sachs has committed philanthropic support to the new $5 billion joint pediatric campus under construction in Dallas' Southwestern Medical District, across from UTSW's Wi...

11/16/2025

Based on their dedication to pushing biomedical innovation forward, Lorena Saelices, Ph.D., and Uttam Tambar, Ph.D., have been selected for this year’s Biotech+ at Pegasus Park Commercialization Milestone Award.

Their groundbreaking work – developing an early blood test to detect preeclampsia and creating a new therapy for drug-resistant metastatic prostate cancer – shows how UTSW researchers are turning scientific breakthroughs into meaningful care.

Discover how this award will help accelerate the translation of laboratory discoveries into patient care, enabling faster improvements in future diagnostics, treatments, and health outcomes.

Uttam Tambar, Ph.D., left, and Lorena Saelices, Ph.D., share this year’s UT Southwestern Biotech+ at Pegasus Park Commercialization Milestone Award that recognizes their innovative research work with development potential.

11/15/2025

Each November, we come together to celebrate First Nations Heritage Month — a time to honor the rich traditions, stories, and contributions of Indigenous communities.

This month reminds us that when Indigenous and Western perspectives on medicine come together, they can help create more compassionate, holistic care for all. By truly valuing histories, beliefs, and healing practices, we build trust and understanding that strengthens the way we care for patients.

This year’s celebration, hosted by the Office of Institutional Opportunity, highlighted how inclusion, respect, and curiosity can bring us closer — not just in medicine, but across our entire community.

Take a look at moments from this year’s event that captured the pride, culture, and unity of First Nations communities.

11/14/2025

Every day, UT Southwestern teams are redefining what’s possible in diabetes prevention, treatment, and research—improving outcomes for millions affected nationwide.

With more than 50 clinicians and a dedicated team of APPs, nurses, wound care specialists and surgeons, and researchers, UTSW’s Division of Endocrinology is the largest in Texas and is ranked No. 18 nationally by U.S. News & World Report for Diabetes and Endocrinology. Each year, the team provides expert care to more than 25,000 patients across the Health System and the Dallas VA.

Beyond clinical care, our endocrinology experts lead groundbreaking studies and community initiatives such as Weight Wellness Day and the Parkland Global Diabetes Program, expanding access, education, and prevention efforts across North Texas.

This , we celebrate the UT Southwestern teams driving discovery and transforming the future of diabetes and endocrine health.

11/13/2025

Major advances in cancer research are underway at UT Southwestern, where scientists are developing a nanoparticle vaccine to eliminate HPV-related tumors and enhance survival rates. Learn how this promising therapy shows potential against HPV-related cancers.

A nanoparticle vaccine designed to fight cancers induced by human papillomavirus (HPV) eradicated tumors in an animal model of late-stage metastatic disease, UT Southwestern Medical Center scientists report in a new study published in PNAS. The findings...

11/12/2025

Every breath matters, and the Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehab Clinic is helping patients breathe easier and live stronger.

A joint program between UT Southwestern and Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, the clinic recently earned AACVPR certification for its pulmonary rehabilitation program, recognizing excellence in helping patients manage chronic respiratory conditions, such as COPD, ILD, and pulmonary fibrosis.

Discover how UT Southwestern’s pulmonary rehab team is transforming patient care through personalized support, education, and empowerment.

The Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehab Clinic at IEEM recently received certification from AACVPR for its pulmonary rehabilitation program.

11/12/2025

Since its establishment in 1952, the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) has helped launch the careers of outstanding graduate students with extraordinary potential for groundbreaking research.

One of our UT Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences students earned a three-year GRFP fellowship this year, and seven others received honorable mentions—a massive national achievement!

Learn more about these inspiring scholars and the research that could shape the future of science and medicine. https://bit.ly/4ok5Jj3