July 19th 2011
UTSW again named best hospital in North Texas
For the second year in a row, UT Southwestern Medical Center is the top-ranked hospital in the Dallas-Fort Worth region, according to U.S. News World Reports annual ranking of the nations best hospitals.
UT Southwestern earned its No. 1 ranking by being nationally recognized in six specialties: urology, cardiology/heart surgery, diabetes/endocrinology, gynecology, nephrology and neurology/neurosurgery. The medical center previously had been recognized as No. 1 in 2010 based on U.S. News World Reports rankings.
These ratings are the latest acknowledgement of UT Southwesterns University Hospitals and Clinics place among the nations leading medical institutions in providing care to patients while remaining committed to ground-breaking research, said Dr.
UT Southwestern President Dr. Daniel K. Podolsky (seated, left) and Prof. Shenming Wang, president of First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, sign a pact to create an academic and scientific partnership. The signing took place during a visit by members of the UT Southwestern faculty to Guangzhou, China. Standing are members of the Chinese delegation and Dr. Jay Schneider (left), with Drs. Peter Igarashi, Orson Moe, Xin Jin “Joseph” Zhou and Robert Toto (third through sixth from left).