{"id":479223,"date":"2026-10-28T11:28:29","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T11:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/479223\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T11:28:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T11:28:29","slug":"theres-a-new-academic-medical-system-in-austin-ut-dell-medicine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/479223\/","title":{"rendered":"There\u2019s a new academic medical system in Austin: UT Dell Medicine"},"content":{"rendered":"

UT Austin will now extend the name \u201cDell\u201d to all the university\u2019s medical facilities and services, creating a cohesive university academic medical system called UT Dell Medicine.<\/p>\n

The announcement comes as plans are underway for a new university hospital known as Dell Medical Center<\/a>, which officials called the \u201cfuture cornerstone\u201d of UT\u2019s medical system. The Michael and Susan Dell Foundation made a $750 million contribution to the project, one of the largest gifts ever given to an American university.<\/p>\n

At an event Tuesday, Dr. John Zerwas, chancellor of the UT System, said Dell Medical Center and the larger UT Dell Medicine system will help the university prepare for mounting medical needs expected in the growing Austin area.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe chance to build an academic health enterprise from the ground up almost never comes along,\u201d Zerwas said at the event.<\/p>\n

Officials said the existing Dell Medical School will \u201canchor\u201d the updated health system. UT\u2019s clinical practice, formerly known as UT Health Austin, will also be rebranded under the UT Dell Medicine umbrella.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Claudia Lucchinetti, dean of Dell Medical School, speaks during the unveiling of the new logo and name for UT Dell Medicine on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

UT\u2019s clinics already provide a range of specialty care services, including orthopedics, gastroenterology, ophthalmology, pulmonology and urology. Dr. Claudia Lucchinetti, UT\u2019s executive vice president for medical affairs and the leader of UT Dell Medicine, announced additional specialties that the future Dell Medical Center will bring: cardiovascular, cancer, neurological and transplant care, as well as advanced intensive care.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday, patients with complex conditions often receive care from multiple specialists working in different practices, hospitals, and organizations,\u201d Lucchinetti said. \u201cPatients and their families are left to carry information between them, navigating conflicting appointments and recommendations, and make difficult decisions without a coordinated team beside them. We believe there is a better way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dell Medical Center will collaborate with MD Anderson Cancer Center to offer advanced cancer care to patients locally. Officials have also touted that the hospital will incorporate artificial intelligence and advanced computing technology to power a focus on prevention and diagnosis as well as treatment.<\/p>\n

Once the medical center is fully operational, university officials say it will effectively triple the number of patients that UT Dell Medicine can see. The hospital is set to open in 2030.<\/p>\n

Support for KUT’s reporting on health news comes from St. David\u2019s Foundation<\/a>. Sponsors do not influence KUT’s editorial decisions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UT Austin will now extend the name \u201cDell\u201d to all the university\u2019s medical facilities and services, creating a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":479224,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[39059,132,134,133,97477,97386,13177,1822,11940,27,161695,161773],"class_list":["post-479223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-announcement","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-dell","tag-dell-medical-center","tag-dell-medical-school","tag-hospital","tag-medical-center","tag-texas","tag-ut-dell-medicine","tag-ut-health-austin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=479223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479223\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/479224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}