UT Southwestern Medical Center

Mission

Promoting health and a healthy society that enables achievement of full human potential

We:

• EDUCATE
• Physicians, scientists, and caregivers optimally prepared to serve the needs of patients and society
• DISCOVER
• Research that solves for unmet needs by finding better treatments, cures, and prevention with a commitment to ensuring real world application
• HEAL
• Best care possible today, with continuous improvement and innovation for better care tomorrow

Values

• Excellence: We strive for the highest standards of clinical excellence, educational distinction, research integrity, and administrative quality in all we do. We are rigorous in our commitment to ongoing improvement.
• Innovation: We endeavor to develop new knowledge about diseases and treatment, enhance the lives of patients through better care and treatments, creatively approach challenges, and inspire the next generation of physicians, scientists, and health professionals.
• Teamwork: We work collaboratively and with a shared purpose, drawing on our diverse backgrounds, talents and ideas, and bringing an unwavering integrity to everything we do.
• Compassion: We foster an environment in which patients, visitors, and colleagues are treated with respect, dignity, and kindness in every encounter, every day.