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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center |
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at Dallas continues to excel at its mission of conducting |
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internationally recognized research, educating leaders in the |
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health field, and delivering quality medical care; and |
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WHEREAS, This renowned medical center comprises three |
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degree-granting institutions: the Graduate School of Biomedical |
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Sciences, the Medical School, and the School of Health Professions; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, The UT Southwestern Medical Center boasts a long |
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history of discoveries that have changed the way the world thinks |
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about the most challenging and devastating diseases and that have |
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resulted in important improvements in treatment and outcomes; these |
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discoveries have led to an unprecedented number of coveted national |
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and international honors for UT Southwestern faculty, including |
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election to membership in our nation's most prestigious medical |
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research organizations; and |
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WHEREAS, One measure of the esteem in which the faculty is |
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held is the fact that it includes 95 percent of all men and women at |
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state health-related institutions in Texas who have been accorded |
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membership in the National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest |
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honors attainable by an American scientist; with the recent |
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election of Dr. Luis F. Parada, an expert in nerve growth and |
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regeneration, to membership in the NAS and with the recruitment of |
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another NAS member, Dr. Bruce Alan Beutler, an expert in medical |
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genetics and immunology, the UT Southwestern faculty now includes |
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20 individuals who have been inducted into the academy; and |
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WHEREAS, The UT Southwestern Medical Center is also home to |
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100 percent of all scientists based at state health-related |
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institutions in Texas who currently hold appointment as an |
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investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, a coveted |
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honor that brings many millions of dollars in private grant funding |
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to Texas; moreover, four researchers at the medical center have won |
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the Nobel Prize, and three of its Nobel Laureates are still active |
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members of the faculty; and |
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WHEREAS, Through its own hospitals and through associated |
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health care facilities, UT Southwestern delivers patient care that |
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is among the best in the nation; U.S. News and World Report |
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recently ranked the medical center number one among hospitals in |
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the Dallas-Fort Worth area; the faculty and residents of the center |
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care for nearly 100,000 hospitalized patients and oversee |
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approximately 1.9 million outpatient visits each year, and faculty |
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physicians annually provide $427 million in unreimbursed services |
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to indigent patients, more than is provided by any other |
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health-related institution in the state; and |
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WHEREAS, UT Southwestern also plays an important role in the |
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region's economy, employing 11,000 area residents, managing an |
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annual operating budget of nearly $1.5 billion, and bringing to |
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Texas $415 million in external research grants annually; and |
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WHEREAS, Dedicated to improving health care through |
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research, innovation, and education, The University of Texas |
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Southwestern Medical Center is developing the next generation of |
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lifesaving treatments and health care professionals, and it is |
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indeed deserving of commendation for its extraordinary record of |
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achievement; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor The University of Texas Southwestern |
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Medical Center at Dallas for its distinguished contributions in |
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research, education, and health care and extend to all those |
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associated with the institution sincere best wishes for continued |
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success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the UT Southwestern Medical Center as an expression of |
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high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. |