Internal Medicine
The Department of Internal Medicine is organized into 15 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 2025, the department had 1,076 faculty members: 801 with primary appointments, 110 more from other departments who held secondary appointments, and 165 with adjunct 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
41
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.
Spotlight on Internal Medicine Grand Rounds
Join us as Dr. Walter Chan, an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, presents Internal Medicine Grand Rounds on Friday, Feb. 20, at 8 a.m. in D1.502.
Dr. Chan studies disorders that affect how the esophagus and digestive system move food through the body. Much of his work looks at acid reflux disease, including how it can affect the lungs and contribute to problems after lung transplantation, as well as conditions like laryngopharyngeal reflux, where stomach acid reaches the throat. He also investigates better ways to diagnose and treat eosinophilic esophagitis, functional digestive disorders, small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, and problems involving the pelvic floor and anorectal function.