The Southwestern Medical District is an area or neighborhood located immediately to the northwest of downtown Dallas, Texas.
It consists of 1,000 acres (400 ha) of medical-related facilities between I-35E and The Dallas North Tollway.
The medical center includes multiple research, higher education, and clinical institutions, and employs over 35,000 people and attracts nearly 3 million patient visits a year to its clinics and hospitals, providing services from pediatric preventive care to geriatric services, from lifesaving emergency care to heart transplants.
[1] Major institutions with facilities and offices in the area are: