The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center ranks among the top academic medical centers in the world. Its faculty members — who are responsible for a broad array of groundbreaking biomedical research advances — are respected for their dedication to teaching and patient care. The Medical Center has three degree-granting institutions: UT Southwestern Medical School, UT Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and UT Southwestern School of Health Professions. A great medical center offers outstanding patient care in addition to fine teaching and innovative research. We emphasize compassionate medical treatment. UT Southwestern's physicians are equipped to bring the latest laboratory findings to each patient. We provide inpatient care to nearly 100,000 people and oversee approximately 2.1 million outpatient visits annually. Our physicians provide care to patients at UT Southwestern University Hospitals, Parkland Health & Hospital System, Children's Health and the VA North Texas Health Care System, as well as the Aston Building, the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, and other affiliated hospitals and clinics in North Texas. As one of the foremost research facilities in the world, UT Southwestern, with its six Nobel laureates and 21 members of the prestigious National Academy of Sciences, is poised to lead the way in a new era of scientific discovery in the 21st century.