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Philipp Scherer wins 'Triple Crown' of diabetes research awards

Dr. Charles Rosenfeld, who estimates he has participated in the care of 500,000 newborn babies since joining UT Southwestern in 1973, has been named a Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics.

On a cold March 1, less than five years after the opening of William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital, UT Southwestern officials, physicians, nurses, and clinical staff gathered with architects and construction executives – as well as descendants of the hospital’s namesake, the late Texas Gov. Clements – to celebrate a milestone toward completion of the hospital’s third tower.

UT Southwestern researchers used cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) to determine the near-atomic structure of the smallest membrane protein solved to date. Their work could lead to better immunotherapies in cancer and improved treatments for autoimmune diseases like lupus.

Dr. Kevin Klein, a noted anesthesiology leader and educator at UT Southwestern, has been installed as the 136th president of the Dallas County Medical Society, the second-largest medical society in the nation. His one-year term leading the 7,700-member group started on Jan. 17.

Dr. Johann Deisenhofer, winner of the 1988 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for using X-ray crystallography to determine the first 3D atomic structure of a large membrane-bound protein molecule, has been named Professor Emeritus.

Gene editing innovators discuss research at President’s Lecture Series

UT Southwestern recently became the first hospital in Texas to perform single-incision robotic surgery.

The number of Texas Health Resources Clinical Scholars at UT Southwestern doubled last year, as three new Scholars have been selected to receive development awards to examine the quality and efficiency of providing patient care.

Dr. William T. Dauer, a neurologist acclaimed for his research into dystonia and Parkinson’s disease, has been selected as the first Director of the Peter O’Donnell Jr. Brain Institute at UT Southwestern.