UT Southwestern Medical Center
UT Southwestern Medical Center
UT Southwestern Medical Center is one of the country's leading academic medical centers, patient-care providers, and research institutions.
Cardiology Division Overview
UT Southwestern Medical Center is ranked as the best hospital in Texas for cardiology and heart surgery – and #11 in the nation – according to U.S. News & World Report.
Directed by Joseph A. Hill, M.D., Ph.D., the Division of Cardiology comprises a large group of nationally recognized faculty members with expertise in virtually all aspects of modern cardiovascular care and state-of-the-art research. The team includes specialists in the management of all forms of heart disease, predisposing risk factors, and complications. UT Southwestern Medical Center cardiologists treat approximately 600 patients every month.
Mission Statement
We are a diverse community of cardiologists, cardiovascular scientists, and allied health professionals committed to the advancement of knowledge in cardiovascular biology, the practice of equitable, state-of-the-art, patient-centered care, and the cultivation of the next generation of leaders in cardiology. We strive for excellence in all we do by promoting an environment of diversity, equity, and inclusion across our division and by fostering a culture of collaboration that recognizes the importance of individual well-being.
Excellence in Care
To streamline care and keep it patient-centric, UT Southwestern cardiologists collaborate with physicians and researchers from other divisions and departments as part of multidisciplinary teams to evaluate patients and perform complex procedures. While in many medical centers these specialists function as competitors, we believe our team approach to the treatment of cardiovascular disease promotes excellence in patient care in an environment ripe with innovation and research.
Leaders in Research
UT Southwestern has made many groundbreaking contributions to cardiac care, including Nobel Prize-winning work in cholesterol metabolism, which led to the development of statin drugs—the most important contribution to cardiac risk reduction in the past 25 years. More recently, the landmark Dallas Heart Study is transforming cardiovascular risk factor identification and management for physicians and leading to better care for patients.
Extensive Research and Fellowship Opportunities
Cardiology maintains a very active research program in both basic and clinical domains. The basic laboratories occupy approximately 30,000 square feet of research and office space.Cardiology fellowship programs offer tracks in combined clinical and research training in cardiology, postdoctoral fellowships in basic research, and advanced training in specialized clinical disciplines. More than 60 physicians are currently in the cardiology fellowship programs.
Division Chief
Chief, Division of Cardiology
- Medical School: Duke University School of Medicine
- Graduate School: Ph.D., Pharmacology, Duke University
- Residency: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
- Fellowship: Institut Pasteur, Paris
Patient Care
UT Southwestern Medical Center is ranked in the nation’s top 11 hospitals for cardiology and heart surgery by U.S. News & World Report for 2021-22.
Physicians and patients alike benefit from the integrative and collaborative approach to cardiovascular care taken by cardiologists at UT Southwestern's Clinical Heart Center. Our team comprises specialists in virtually every aspect of modern cardiology, including the management of all forms of heart disease, their predisposing risk factors, and their complications.
Patient care is multidisciplinary as well. Cardiologists work with physicians and researchers from other divisions and departments as part of multidisciplinary teams to evaluate patients and perform complex procedures. We believe that the collaborative, multidisciplinary approach promotes excellence in patient care.
UT Southwestern cardiologists treat approximately 600 patients every month. Because we are a respected academic medical center with a reputation for offering vast clinical expertise, we tend to see the most severely ill patients, often on referral from other physicians in the region. As a result, cardiology physicians, researchers, and students experience opportunities to expand their knowledge and abilities, and to grow professionally and personally.
Patient Care Facilities
Cardiology patients are cared for at UT Southwestern's affiliated hospitals and clinics, including:
- Parkland Memorial Hospital
- William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital (a major center for heart/lung transplantation)
- Zale Lipshy Pavilion—William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital
- Dallas Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Broad Array of Care
Patients benefit from access to some of the most advanced therapies available, including conventional and investigational medications, interventional procedures, and implantable devices.
Among the programs and treatments offered by faculty physicians in the Division of Cardiology:
- Acute coronary syndromes
- Cardiovascular disease
- Congenital heart disease
- Congestive heart failure
- Echocardiology/Imaging
- Electrophysiology
- Exercise stress testing
- Heart transplant
- Hypertension
- Interventional cardiology
- Invasive cardiology
- Noninvasive cardiology
- Nuclear cardiology
- Preventive cardiology
- Stress testing
- Ventricular assist devices
Our Mission
UT Southwestern’s mission in treating heart disease is to provide personalized care for a patient’s specific condition, within a setting that also takes full advantage of the clinical expertise and advanced resources available within one of the nation’s leading cardiovascular programs.
UT Southwestern is an academic medical center, world-renowned for its research, regarded among the best in the country for medical education and for clinical and scientific training, and nationally recognized for the quality of care its faculty provides to patients at UT Southwestern’s University Hospital & Clinics and affiliated institutions.The Medical Center includes three degree-granting institutions: UT Southwestern Medical School, UT Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, and UT Southwestern School of Health Professions.
- The schools train nearly 3,700 medical, graduate, and health profession students, residents, and postdoctoral fellows each year.
- Ongoing support from federal agencies, along with foundations, individuals, and corporations, provides more than $524 million per year to fund faculty research.
- UT Southwestern physicians provide care in about 80 specialties to more than 117,000 hospitalized patients, more than 360,000 emergency room cases, and oversee nearly 3 million outpatient visits a year.
- UT Southwestern has approximately 18,800 employees and an operating budget of $3.7 billion.
- In U.S. News & World Report’s America’s Best Hospitals 2021-2022 guide, UT Southwestern is ranked the No. 1 hospital in Dallas-Fort Worth – the fifth consecutive year UTSW has earned that distinction. Additionally, UTSW is nationally ranked in nine specialty-care areas: Cancer; Cardiology & Heart Surgery; Diabetes & Endocrinology; Gastroenterology & GI Surgery; Geriatrics; Neurology & Neurosurgery; Pulmonology & Lung Surgery; Rehabilitation; and Urology.
Source: http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/