Internal Medicine
The Department of Internal Medicine is organized into 15 divisions that provide the excellent education, research, and patient care for which the department is renowned.
Our Mission
- To educate medical students, residents, and postdoctoral fellows in accordance with the highest professional standards
- To prepare clinicians to practice patient-centered, high-value, cost-conscious medicine of the highest standard
- To answer fundamental questions in the mechanisms, prevention and treatment of disease, in the basic sciences, and in health care delivery
As of 2026, the department had 1,122 faculty members: 839 with primary appointments, 118 more from other departments who held secondary appointments, and 165 with adjunct appointments. The primary and secondary faculty includes:
3
Nobel Prize winners
8
Members of the National Academy of Sciences
9
Members of the National Academy of Medicine
4
Members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
41
Members of the American Society for Clinical Investigation
28
Members of the Association of American Physicians
These exceptional faculty lead UT Southwestern Medical Center's Internal Medicine programs to produce graduates who balance the core responsibilities of medicine: selfless dedication, competence, and compassion. As with the rest of UT Southwestern, Internal Medicine is pursuing the future of medicine, today.
Spotlight on Internal Medicine Grand Rounds
Join us as Dr. Heather Whitson, a Professor of Medicine, Director of the Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, and Co-Director of the Duke & UNC Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, presents Internal Medicine Grand Rounds on Friday, April 17, at 8 a.m. in D1.502.
Dr. Whitson leads a collaborative Alzheimer's Disease initiative that brings together investigators from Duke University and the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, with a goal to transform dementia research and care throughout the region. Within the Duke Aging Center, she leads research efforts aimed at promoting resilience to late-life stressors, such as surgery, sensory loss, and infection.