Why Choose Simmons Cancer Center?
The Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center at UT Southwestern Medical Center is the only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center in North Texas. The Simmons Cancer Center stands at the forefront of the very latest advances in cancer research, prevention, and patient care. Last year Simmons Cancer Center provided more than 145,000 outpatient visits and inpatient cancer care to more than 2,700 people. Here are a few reasons why.
Unsurpassed Patient Care
Our team approach to caring for people with cancer:
- Bringing together specialists who diagnose complex illnesses and deliver advances in medical science
- Providing multidisciplinary case management and a patient coordinator for each individual patient
- Delivering exceptional patient care with the highest levels of compassion, quality, safety and service.
Outstanding Physicians
Our mission is to reduce the impact of cancer today, while working to eliminate the threat of cancer in Dallas, north Texas and the nation.
- Team of 200 physicians who are leaders in their fields
- Three active Nobel Prize winners
- 21 members of the Institute of Medicine
- 19 members of the National Academy of Sciences.
World Leader in Research
UT Southwestern ranks at the top among all medical research facilities.
- Commitment to making groundbreaking new discoveries in cancer research
- Attracting the world's best medical minds
- Driving exciting new options for diagnosis and treatment
Advanced Treatment Facilities
Simmons Cancer Center stays at the leading edge of medical technology.
- Development, acquisition, and use of the newest equipment, computer programs, and innovative procedures to evaluate and treat people fighting cancer
- University Hospitals and the Cancer Center clinics not only have the leading cancer specialists, but they are staffed by the most highly trained oncology nursing and medical technology professionals in the region.