[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 146 (Tuesday, September 4, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1199]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             CONGRATULATING UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER

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                       HON. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, September 4, 2018

  Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to 
praise UT Southwestern Medical Center, which has retained its status as 
the top hospital in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
  U.S. News & World Report annually reviews the best hospitals in the 
U.S. The publication analyzes data from nearly 5,000 medical centers 
and survey responses from more than 30,000 physicians to rank hospitals 
in 16 adult specialties.
  As UT Southwestern celebrates its 75th anniversary, they have been 
recognized as the top hospital in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, the 
second best in Texas and nationally ranked in seven specialties, 
including Geriatrics, Neurology & Neurosurgery, Diabetes & 
Endocrinology, Nephrology, Urology, Pulmonology, and Orthopedics.
  Nationally, only 158 hospitals ranked in at least one of the 
specialties in 2018-19.
  U.S. News & World Report also gave UT Southwestern high-performing 
ratings in the areas of cancer, cardiology and heart surgery, 
gastroenterology and GI surgery, and ophthalmology, as well as for 
procedures for abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, heart failure, colon 
cancer surgery, lung cancer surgery, and chronic obstructive pulmonary 
disease. UT Southwestern received excellent ratings for patient 
satisfaction for all nine categories of procedures reviewed.
  Recognition comes as UT Southwestern continues to expand access to 
its distinctive academic medicine through new facilities and 
partnerships that find innovative approaches to improving efficiencies 
and lowering the overall costs of care.
  UT Southwestern is expanding to meet the needs of North Texas by 
adding 300 new beds to the existing 460, making it among the largest 
medical facilities in the nation. In addition, scheduled to open in 
2020, a 12-story, third tower will serve as a clinical home for 
neurological care, consolidated acute inpatient care services, 
additional operating rooms, interventional suites, expanded Emergency 
Department care, and two new parking structures.
  Earlier this year, U.S. News & World Report ranked UT Southwestern 
Medical School as one of the top 20 medical schools for primary care 
and the top 30 for research in the United States. Among medical 
specialties, UT Southwestern nationally ranked 14th among internal 
medicine programs and 18th among obstetrics and gynecology programs.
  In addition, UT Southwestern's residency program for Internal 
Medicine was ranked 8th in the nation by Doximity's 2018-2019 Residency 
Navigator. UT Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences 
ranked 18th in the nation among graduate schools for biological 
sciences and 41st for chemistry, according to U.S. News & World Report. 
In Chemistry, UT Southwestern ranked 13th for biochemistry.
  UT Southwestern ranked No. 1 in the world among peer institutions in 
the ``healthcare'' research category on the Nature Index 2018 Annual 
Tables, which evaluates publication of high-quality research. UT 
Southwestern also ranks fifth in the world in the number of published 
research articles cited as significant sources in third-party patent 
applications, used to evaluate an institution's impact and influence on 
industrial innovation--how a scientific discovery leads to, or plays a 
part in, the development and commercialization of new products and 
services.
  UT Southwestern is one of the premier academic medical centers in the 
nation. The facility integrates pioneering biomedical research with 
exceptional clinical care and education. The institution's faculty has 
received six Nobel Prizes, and includes 22 members of the National 
Academy of Sciences, 16 members of the National Academy of Medicine, 
and 15 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigators. The faculty of 
more than 2,700 is responsible for groundbreaking medical advances and 
is committed to translating science-driven research quickly to new 
clinical treatments. UT Southwestern physicians provide care in about 
80 specialties to more than 100,000 hospitalized patients, 600,000 
emergency room cases, and oversee approximately 2.2 million outpatient 
visits a year.
  It is my honor to share the successes of UT Southwestern and my 
privilege to congratulate them on earning this prestigious recognition.

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