DALLAS, Aug 4: For the 10th consecutive year, UT Southwestern Medical Center has been named the No. 1 hospital in Dallas-Fort Worth by U.S. News & World Report. Additionally, UTSW ranks among the nation’s top hospitals for care in 11 specialties – the most of any hospital in Texas – in the annual U.S. News Best Hospitals list released today.
UT Southwestern ranks in the top 10 nationwide for Neurology & Neurosurgery and is among the top 25 in seven other specialties: Cancer; Cardiology, Heart & Vascular Surgery; Diabetes & Endocrinology; Gastroenterology & GI Surgery; Geriatrics; Pulmonology & Lung Surgery; and Rehabilitation.
In addition, UT Southwestern is rated “High Performing” in the great majority of evaluated conditions and procedures, from aortic valve surgery and hip fracture to ear, nose, and throat surgery and stroke care.
“This decade of distinction is a testament to the teamwork, expertise, and commitment of our physicians, nurses, advanced practice providers, and other care team members and support staff who work daily to provide the very best care possible to our patients,” said Daniel K. Podolsky, M.D., President of UT Southwestern. “It reflects a standard of excellence that extends across all aspects of our institution, from advancing discovery to educating and training future generations of physicians, other healthcare professionals, and scientists.”
Among more than 4,400 hospitals reviewed by U.S. News, UTSW is ranked in the top 50 nationwide in the following 11 specialties:
- No. 9: Neurology & Neurosurgery
- No. 13: Cardiology, Heart & Vascular Surgery
- No. 13 (tie): Geriatrics
- No. 13: Pulmonology & Lung Surgery
- No. 20: Gastroenterology & GI Surgery
- No. 21: Diabetes & Endocrinology
- No. 22: Cancer
- No. 25: Rehabilitation
- No. 26: Urology
- No. 30: Obstetrics & Gynecology
- No. 38: Orthopedics
UT Southwestern ranks No. 2 among all hospitals in Texas and is designated “High Performing” in 18 of the procedures evaluated by U.S. News: abdominal aortic aneurysm repair; aortic valve surgery; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ; colon cancer surgery; diabetes; ear, nose, and throat surgery; gynecological cancer surgery; heart arrhythmia; heart attack; heart failure; hip fracture; kidney failure; leukemia, lymphoma, and myeloma; lung cancer surgery; pneumonia; prostate cancer surgery; stroke; and transcatheter aortic valve replacement .
Additionally, the Southwestern Health Resources network – which aligns the strengths of UT Southwestern with those of Texas Health – has five of the 10 top-ranked hospitals in Dallas-Fort Worth. Following William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital at No. 1, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas ranked No. 4, and Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth ranked No. 5. Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano and Texas Health Huguley Hospital Fort Worth South tied at No. 7. The patient-centered, clinically integrated network of 31 hospital locations and more than 7,500 physicians and other providers cares for millions of individuals across 16 counties in North Texas. Children’s Medical Center Dallas, where the UT Southwestern Pediatric Group practices, was rated among the nation’s best pediatric hospitals by U.S. News for 2025-26 and was the only pediatric hospital in North Texas ranked in all 11 specialties.
Growing to meet the needs of patients
UTSW’s flagship William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital integrates UT Southwestern’s core academic medical center components: clinical care, training, and clinical and translational research. The triple-tower, 12-story Clements University Hospital and accompanying Zale Lipshy Pavilion feature 875 beds and offer a comprehensive range of emergency, specialty, and surgical care in more than 80 specialties and subspecialties.
The UT Southwestern Health System also provides care at a network of regional clinics and continues to expand to meet the needs of patients in North Texas.
Construction is progressing on a transformative $5 billion pediatric campus in Dallas’ Southwestern Medical District across from Clements University Hospital, being built in partnership with Children’s Health, with a topping-off ceremony planned for this fall. Projected to open in 2031, the campus will significantly expand inpatient, surgical, and ambulatory capacity to meet the needs of one of the country’s fastest-growing and largest metropolitan areas. The campus will also serve as a collaborative center for innovation, academic research, training, and the advancement of lifesaving technologies.
In Fort Worth, construction is underway on a $177 million radiation oncology campus. The 65,000-square-foot facility, scheduled to open in 2028, will include the city’s first MRI-guided precision radiation treatment.
In June, UT Southwestern and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission opened the Texas Behavioral Health Center, the state’s first psychiatric hospital in Dallas. Once fully operational, the inpatient psychiatric hospital will have 292 beds – 200 for adults and 92 for pediatric patients.
In recent years, UT Southwestern opened UT Southwestern Medical Center at RedBird to improve access to care for those living and working in southwestern Dallas County and a nine-story Cancer Care Outpatient Building to serve patients of the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Other national distinctions
- Clements University Hospital was honored earlier this year for patient experience with Press Ganey’s Guardian of Excellence Award, scoring in the top 5% of health systems.
- UT Southwestern is ranked No. 1 among global healthcare institutions by Nature Index for publishing high-quality research.
- UT Southwestern Medical School is ranked in Tier 1 (top 16) for research and Tier 2 (top 50) for primary care by U.S. News in its 2026 Best Medical Schools rankings. The UT Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and the School of Health Professions also have nationally rated programs.