The University of Texas at Austin shared plans Oct. 27 for UT Dell Medical Center, set to open in 2030, as it introduced UT Dell Medicine, its academic health system.
The practice previously known as UT Health Austin, the clinical practice and ambulatory surgery center of UT’s Dell Medical School, has adopted the new name, according to a university news release. The name brings the medical school, its clinics and the $5 billion medical center under construction under one system brand, the Austin American-Statesman reported.
The hospital, which UT bills as the nation’s first AI-native hospital, is expected to reach full build-out in 2035, according to the Statesman. It will focus on five areas: cancer care in collaboration with Houston-based MD Anderson Cancer Center, with MD Anderson physicians embedded in care delivery, cardiovascular, neurology, transplant (with potential for liver and lung transplant care, which Austin lacks) and advanced intensive care.
At full build-out, UT Dell Medicine plans to double its clinical capability and more than triple its patient volumes, according to the release.
The campus will have its own power plant and three redundant power systems to support the energy demands of AI-driven monitoring, Dell Medical School Dean Claudia Lucchinetti, MD, said at the Oct. 27 event, the Statesman reported. Michael Ryan, chief administrative officer and CIO of Dell Medical School, said planners are also working to make the EHR and AI tools better integrated, better connected to other health systems and easier to use for patients, caregivers and clinicians.
“This is what academic medicine can do,” Mr. Ryan said.
Michael and Susan Dell have given $1 billion to the university, including support for the new medical center.
Editor’s note: This story was updated at 1:57 p.m. CDT Oct. 27.
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