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UTSW leads the way at the 2025 Dallas Heart Walk

Published on: By: Lauren Warner

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Dozens of participants posing in their blue Heart Walk 2025 t-shirts.
Excitement is abundant at the Dallas Heart Walk!

This year’s American Heart Association Dallas Heart Walk on Oct. 18 brought cooler temperatures and a fresh experience for UT Southwestern participants who gathered at the Levy Event Plaza in Irving to take on a new route filled with energy, community spirit, and purpose.

Walkers enjoyed connecting with colleagues, picking up exclusive UTSW Heart Walk gear, and celebrating the shared mission to fight cardiovascular disease.

With more than 2,300 registrants across 145 teams, UTSW was the largest company represented at the event. Together, the UT Southwestern team raised more than $40,000 to support groundbreaking research and awareness efforts that save lives and strengthen the heart health of our communities.

Please click through the photo gallery below for a look back at this uplifting event.

Select an image to begin the slideshow.

Two walkers bring customized balloons for their Heart Walk teammates.
New T-shirts and UTSW swag bags for the 2025 Heart Walk
A team gets together in front of the UTSW tent.
Amit Khera, M.D., Clinical Chief of Cardiology and Director of Preventive Cardiology, poses for a selfie with colleagues.
The photo booth props are always a hit!
Jonathan Efron, M.D., Executive Vice President for Health System Affairs, shows off the new UTSW Heart Walk sling bags.
Heart and Vascular leadership come together for a hand-heart photo opportunity.
There’s nothing better than coffee on a cool Saturday morning.
UTSW President Daniel K. Podolsky, M.D. (center), hands out exclusive Heart Walk swag.
Martha Washington, Associate Vice President for HR Services, and her daughter, Milah, gear up for the big event.
The Perianesthesia team represents with their custom signs to showcase the UTSW spirit.
Even the youngest members of the UTSW family participate in the walk!
Walkers leave the UTSW tent with new photo memories to cherish.
Traci d’Auguste, M.B.A., M.S.H.A. (left), new Vice President and CEO of William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital, poses with Holly Crawford, M.B.A., Executive Vice President for Business Affairs.
Suzi Smith (far right), Director of Student Services, and fellow walkers get pumped up for the walk to begin.
Say “cheese” for the UT Southwestern team photo!
Walkers head toward the starting line.
Two walkers wave as they spot the camera.
Let the walking begin!
The walkers are off to the races.
UT Southwestern leaders Holly Crawford (second from left), Susan Hernandez, D.N.P., M.B.A., RN (third from left), Vice President and Health System Chief Nurse Executive, and Jeremy Falke, M.B.A. (second from right), Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, pose with their significant others and furry friends.
Two heart disease survivors show off their medals at the end of the walk.
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