The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center represents one of the leading medical school and biomedical research institutions of the University of Texas System. UT Southwestern is located in Southwestern Medical District, a 231-acre 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 also has programs with affiliated hospitals at several sites in Dallas, Richardson, Fort Worth, Waco, Austin, and Wichita Falls. Under the leadership of Dr. Edward H. Cary and Karl Hoblitzelle, a group of prominent Dallas citizens organized Southwestern Medical Foundation in 1939 to promote medical education and research in Dallas and the region.
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| Location: | Dallas, Texas
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| Founded: | 1943 |
| School type: | University, Public university |
| Total enrollment: | 3,255 |
| Endowment: | $
1,368,760,000 |