Making a Difference, Here & Beyond
The community invests in Dell Med. In return, it’s our responsibility — one we take seriously — to be agents for change and to show real impact.
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Creating a New Kind of Doctor
We recruit and train physician leaders as comfortable taking on systemic challenges in health as caring for individual patients.
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Improving Care. Improving Health.
We’re here to make health — including health care — better. The end goal is a complete revolution in how people get and stay healthy.
WHAT IT MEANS
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Discovery to Impact — Faster
We reward creative thinking and encourage rapid experimentation, using collaborative programs to speed promising research to market.
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Let’s Do Big Things Together
True health demands that the whole work in harmony, which is why we’re dedicated to partnership. Indeed, we can’t achieve our goals without it.
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Meet Dell Med
We’re rethinking the role of academic medicine in improving health — and doing so with a unique focus on our community.
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Overview Overview Get Involved Case Studies Reports PARTICIPATE: See Impact Events COLLABORATE: Work With Us READ: Dell Med Profiles
Overview Overview Academics How to Apply Student Resources Financial Aid Graduate Medical Education Why Dell Med? PLAN: Application Timeline EXPLORE: Continuing Medical Education PREPARE: Programs for Youth & Undergrads
Overview Overview Case Studies Vision Redesigning Clinical Care Addressing Health Drivers Improving the System GET CARE: Visit UT Health Austin LEARN: About the Health Ecosystem MEET: Local Health Leaders
Overview Overview Vision Mentorship & Collaboration Research Institutes & Centers Research Labs (A to Z) Research Resources Translational Research ATTEND: See Research Events MEET: Office of Research Team
Overview Overview Case Studies Vision Collaborative Opportunities INNOVATE: Discover the Texas Health CoLab EXPLORE: About The Impact Factory PARTICIPATE: See CoVentures Events
Overview Overview News Units: Departments & More Leadership Directory Partners Events Health Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Maps & Parking Tours Request a Speaker Support Dell Med CONNECT: Resources for Media CONTACT: Email, Phone & More EXPLORE: Our Cultural Values
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John S. Kuo headshot.
John S. Kuo, M.D., Ph.D.

Chair & Professor, Department of Neurosurgery

Surgical Director, Mulva Clinic for the Neurosciences

Director of Neuro-Oncology Programs, Livestrong Cancer Institutes

Courtesy Professor, Department of Oncology

Nicholas Barbaro headshot.
Nicholas M. Barbaro, M.D.

Professor, Department of Neurosurgery

Associate Chair for Education, Department of Neurosurgery

Assistant Dean for Graduate Medical Education Strategy, Department of Medical Education

Elizabeth Tyler-Kabara headshot.
Elizabeth Tyler-Kabara, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery

Chief, Pediatric Neurosurgery, UT Health Austin

Co-Chief, Pediatric Neurosciences, UT Health Austin

Headshot of Niki Virnig
Niki Virnig, MBA

Senior Director of Operations and Strategy, Department of Neurosurgery

Faculty & Staff