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Dr. Barbara Cambridge, the first African American full-time faculty member at UT Southwestern, is remembered as a passionate advocate for the health of vulnerable women in Dallas. The respected social worker died Sept. 26 after a short battle with pancreatic cancer.

At three employee town halls held on campus earlier this fall, Dr. Daniel K. Podolsky, President of UT Southwestern, discussed growth plans and significant achievements of the past year – emphasizing that they all reflected the hard work and dedication of faculty, staff, and students to UT Southwestern’s mission of promoting health and a healthy society.

At UT Southwestern, we have one of the largest OB/Gyn Departments in the United States—with 80 faculty members in Dallas and 20 in Austin.

UT Southwestern marked the beginning of “a new era” on Tuesday, Dec. 3, with the opening of a specialty care facility in Frisco – one of the fastest growing cities in the U.S. Almost two weeks earlier, hundreds of community leaders, physicians, faculty, and staff gathered for a dedication ceremony of the new UT Southwestern Medical Center at Frisco, the 120,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art medical building that many have watched rise on a former hay farm since 2017.

See how UT Southwestern faculty, residents, and alumni made an impact at AAPM&R 2025 through awards, research presentations, and community events.

A once-daily combination treatment for those with uncontrolled Type 2 diabetes amplifies the treatment’s effects – lowering both weight and the number of hypoglycemic events.

Dr. Sangeetha Reddy investigates how to improve breast cancer patient outcomes through immunotherapy. Dr. Lenette Lu’s research largely revolves around studying tuberculosis, the leading cause of infectious disease deaths globally. Their commitment to advancing patient care has led to their selection as 2019 UT Southwestern Disease-Oriented Clinical Scholars (DOCS).

Dr. Norman Kaplan, a leader in early hypertension treatment and research who founded UT Southwestern’s hypertension program in the early 1960s, has been named Professor Emeritus of Internal Medicine.

Dr. Orhan Bukulmez, who specializes in helping families with fertility issues become new parents, has been named the first holder of the Professorship in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, in Honor of Bruce R. Carr, M.D. Doctors who trained under Dr. Carr helped fund the new Professorship.

The Orthopaedic Trauma Fellowship Program provides comprehensive training in the care of trauma conditions, allowing the fellow to master the management of trauma.