SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL DISTRICT

The Southwestern Medical District delivers renowned health care in partnership with innovative, world-class research and education.

The District, bordered by Mockingbird Lane, Medical District Drive, the Stemmons Freeway, and Maple Avenue, includes a 387-acre medical complex, which employs a workforce of nearly 24,500 people.

Its medical facilities attract more than 2.3 million patient visits a year to its clinics and hospitals in the District, providing services from pediatric preventive care to geriatric services, from life-saving emergency care to heart transplants.

Parkland was the first facility to open in the District in 1954 and soon partnered next door on Harry Hines Boulevard with UT Southwestern Medical Center. Then came what is today known as UT Southwestern University Hospital - St. Paul in 1963, Children's Medical Center Dallas in 1967, and UT Southwestern University Hospital - Zale Lipshy in 1989.

The District's future is one of growth and advancement. Children's has undergone a major renovation, including a 10-story tower that adds services and expands capabilities. Parkland has received voter approval for new hospital facilities which are to be completed by 2014. And the UT System Board of Regents and Texas Higher Education Board have approved UT Southwestern's plans for a new $800 million state-of-the-art University Hospital, slated to open in 2015.

A 500,000-square-foot biotechnology park on 13 acres, called BioCenter at Southwestern Medical District, is attracting innovative biotech companies to the area as well as increasing research opportunities.

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