Daniel K. Podolsky

Dr. Daniel K. Podolsky became the third President of UT Southwestern Medical Center on September 1, 2008. As President, he holds the Philip O’Bryan Montgomery, Jr., M.D. Distinguished Presidential Chair in Academic Administration. He is also a Professor of Internal Medicine and holds the Doris and Bryan Wildenthal Distinguished Chair in Medical Science.

Since arriving at UT Southwestern, Dr. Podolsky’s agenda has focused on keeping UT Southwestern at the frontiers of science by enhancing its faculty and activities in basic, translational, and clinical research and on promoting clinical transformation through a commitment to excellence and innovation in patient care.

His priorities also include ensuring that UT Southwestern educates and trains future physicians, scientists, and allied health care professionals in programs that optimally prepare them for the changing landscape in scientific research and health care delivery, and he has launched important new initiatives in global health and faculty diversity.