Zale Lipshy Pavilion – William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital

Best hospital in North Texas

UT Southwestern has been named the #1 hospital in Dallas-Fort Worth for eight years in a row by U.S. News & World Report, and 11 of our specialties are nationally ranked for 2024-2025 – the most of any hospital in Texas.

Zale Lipshy Pavilion – William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital  is a treatment center for inpatient and outpatient physical rehabilitation, spine conditions, ophthalmology, orthopaedic issues, and oral and maxillofacial surgery.

It’s located on Harry Hines Boulevard, in the Southwestern Medical District, across from Parkland Memorial Hospital. The Southwestern Medical District and Zale Lipshy Pavilion are just east of Interstate 35E, and minutes away from both downtown Dallas and Love Field Airport.

History

When it opened, UT Southwestern was the only medical school in the country without its own private referral hospital. To fill that critical need, UT Southwestern administrators began planning in the early 1980s for a facility and secured the support of the Zale Foundation in their efforts.

In 1984 officials chose a location adjacent to Parkland Memorial Hospital for the new UT Southwestern hospital. Groundbreaking occurred in June 1987, and Zale Lipshy University Hospital was dedicated and officially opened in November 1989. In September 2019, the name changed to UT Southwestern Zale Lipshy Pavilion – William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital.