Right people. Right place. Right time.

It’s hard to overstate the significance of this moment for patients and families in Central Texas: 140 years of expertise at a Tier 1 research university is converging with some of the brightest minds in health care and medical education to build The University of Texas Medical Center, the eventual home of Dell Medical School, a UT specialty hospital and MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Meet six trailblazing leaders — all Dell Med faculty — among the many bringing Texas’ capital city into focus as a premier destination for integrated, patient-centered health care.