The Department of Internal Medicine is organized into 14 divisions that provide the excellent education, research, and patient care for which the department is renowned.
Our Mission
- To educate medical students, residents, and postdoctoral fellows in accordance with the highest professional standards
- To prepare clinicians to practice patient-centered, high-value, cost-conscious medicine of the highest standard
- To answer fundamental questions in the mechanisms, prevention and treatment of disease, in the basic sciences, and in health care delivery
As of 2024, the department had 867 faculty members: 774 with primary appointments and 93 more from other departments who held secondary appointments. The primary and secondary faculty includes:
3
Nobel Prize winners
8
Members of the National Academy of Sciences
9
Members of the National Academy of Medicine
4
Members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
39
Members of the American Society for Clinical Investigation
28
Members of the Association of American Physicians
These exceptional faculty lead UT Southwestern Medical Center's Internal Medicine programs to produce graduates who balance the core responsibilities of medicine: selfless dedication, competence, and compassion. As with the rest of UT Southwestern, Internal Medicine is pursuing the future of medicine, today.