To meet the demands that come with rapid growth, a sprawling new Dallas Pediatric Campus will ensure that the youth of North Texas and beyond have access to exemplary healthcare.
Children’s HealthSM and UT Southwestern Medical Center have unveiled plans for a new $5 billion pediatric health campus in Dallas’ Southwestern Medical District. The new campus will span more than 33 acres and offer a patient-centric design that can meet the rapidly increasing need for more pediatric services ranging from the most common to the most complex. It will serve as a joint hub for innovation, academic research and training, and the development of lifesaving technologies that will provide exemplary care for the youngest members of our community.

The approximately two million-square-foot hospital will have two 12-story towers and one eight-story tower that will replace the existing Children’s Medical Center Dallas. It will significantly expand inpatient, surgical, and outpatient capacity to meet the needs of one of the fastest-growing and largest metropolitan areas in the country. The Dallas pediatric campus, expected to open in the next six to seven years, will be built on the UT Southwestern campus on the corner of Harry Hines Boulevard and Mockingbird Lane, across from UT Southwestern’s William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital. Designed to optimize the well-being of patients and their families, the spaces will offer a unique environment that supports compassionate and personalized patient and family experiences, aiming to reduce stress and foster health and healing.
New Dallas Pediatric Campus
Additional Highlights
- Expanded Emergency Department space (15%) and operating rooms (22%)
- Two helicopter pads
- A connector bridge between the new campus and Clements University Hospital to ensure continuity of care for babies, with direct access to the pediatric expertise provided at the Children’s Health Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU)
- A new fetal care center provides the region’s most advanced and accessible services for complex maternal and fetal health care, including fetal surgery capabilities at the adjoining Clements University Hospital
- A new outpatient clinic building that will add 96 exam rooms to the 344 that will continue to operate at the existing Children’s Health Specialty Center Dallas outpatient facility on Stemmons Freeway at Medical District Drive
“The Dallas pediatric campus is the next chapter in our more than 60-year partnership with Children’s Health and will elevate clinical innovation and transformative science that will benefit pediatric patients and their families for generations to come.”
Daniel K. Podolsky
President, UT Southwestern Medical Center

“Our comprehensive and team-based care approach is unique in the region, highlighted by specialists in every pediatric field who collaborate to provide compassionate, high-quality care for children,” said Maeve Sheehan, M.D., Chief Medical Officer at Children’s Medical Center Dallas and Professor of Pediatrics and Vice Chair for Clinical Operations at UT Southwestern. “This type of care model has been front and center in our design process, guiding the creation of spaces that not only accommodate medical excellence but also prioritize the comfort, healing, and individual needs of each child.”
The new Dallas pediatric campus will draw upon the extensive academic resources and collaborative, leading-edge research underway at UT Southwestern. The innovative design of facilities—located next door to UT Southwestern’s globally ranked research hub—will help recruit leading pediatric clinicians, established and emerging researchers, residents, fellows, medical students, and the most talented individuals in nursing, medical technology, and related health professions.



“The Dallas pediatric campus is the next chapter in our more than 60-year partnership with Children’s Health and will elevate clinical innovation and transformative science that will benefit pediatric patients and their families for generations to come,” said Daniel K. Podolsky, M.D., President of UT Southwestern Medical Center. “The expertise on our campus, supported by state-of-the-art technologies and facilities, will enhance our commitment to excellence and compassion in providing the very best care for children and position us to accelerate the future of pediatric medicine together.”