Awards, Events and Scholarships

Nancy and Jeremy Halbreich have partnered with the Foundation for over two decades to inspire a higher standard in medicine.

Maureen and Robert Decherd have helped build a thriving medical district in North Texas by supporting our mission for 30 years.

The Thompson family represents three generations of supporting the North Texas medical community and beyond.

Medical Education Program honoring scholarship donors and recipients with a discussion from leading physicians and residents at UT Southwestern.

Graduate student Akansha Shah has received the 2022 Ida M. Green Award in recognition of her pediatric tumor research and leadership achievements.

Dr. Richard Mays Smith was a beloved internal medicine practitioner who was revered by many and took great joy in his role as an educator in academic medicine. In 1975, his family created the Richard Mays Smith Award in Internal Medicine, which has been given annually by Southwestern Medical Foundation to one or more graduating medical students at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

Standout medical student, health care activist, and now a UT Southwestern anesthesiology resident, Dr. Cayenne Price, is now part of the Southwestern Medical Foundation legacy after receiving the 2022 Ho Din Award.

The opportunities made possible by the Priddy Award have helped many up-and-coming innovators like Noah Mathai to continue pursuing their passion with a reinvigorated sense of hope and motivation. Seeing the impact that the Priddy Award had on their son motivated Thomas and Libby Mathai to establish the Thomas and Libby Mathai Scholarship for Women in STEM Fund.

B.K. and Mark Sloan are grateful for the tremendous educations their daughters, Kaydee and Elizabeth, received at UT Southwestern Medical Center. Together with B.K.’s parents, Bitsy and Harold Carter, they have created a fund at Southwestern Medical Foundation to support UT Southwestern students through the Sloan Family Scholarship, which benefits second-year students in the School of Health Professions Doctor of Physical Therapy program, as well as funds for a special Women in Medicine orientation reception for first-year female medical students.

Karolina (Karo) Stepien, a graduate student in the Molecular Biophysics Graduate Program, has been chosen by the Graduate Awards Committee to receive the 36th Annual Ida M. Green Award. Story courtesy of UT Southwestern.