UT Southwestern Alumni Gather to Reconnect and Remember

Graduates and former trainees from across the nation travelled to Dallas for Alumni Reunion

From the far-flung corners of the nation, UT Southwestern Medical Center alumni gathered in Dallas on May 5 and 6 for Alumni Reunion. Continuing the annual tradition, graduates and former trainees celebrated a weekend reconnecting with colleagues and faculty mentors as well as rediscovering a campus that continues to grow into its eighth decade.

This year's Alumni Reunion coincided with Founders Day, the annual celebration of the anniversary of the creation of UT Southwestern.

As has become tradition, Alumni Reunion celebrated UT Southwestern's platinum alumni, a special group who graduated more than 50 years ago. Members of this alumni group were honored at a special lunch, where UT Southwestern's Alumni Relations team presented alumni with custom lapel pins.

The event also featured a special exhibit of yearbooks and memorabilia from the UT Southwestern Special Collections and Archive.

A blue banner with the words Alumni Reunion stands in front of a 14-story building. Across the top of the building is a sign that reads 'UT Southwestern.'
A banner stands in front of the T. Boone Pickens Biomedical Building during Alumni Reunion at UT Southwestern Medical Center on May 5, 2023. Robert D. Waller/UT Southwestern Medical Center
A line of people pass below a banner that reads Alumni Reunion and walk through two double glass doors into an atrium with a check-in table.
Guests enter the T. Boone Pickens Biomedical Building at UT Southwestern for Alumni Reunion on May 6, 2023. Robert D. Waller/UT Southwestern Medical Center
A row of three older men lean over a table to look closely at three yearbooks.
UT Southwestern Medical School alumni, from left, Mark Lindsay, M.D. (’67), Everett Moody, M.D. (’63), and Marvin Noble, M.D. (’61), browse through old yearbooks as part of an exhibit prepared by the UT Southwestern Special Collections and Archives for Alumni Reunion in the T. Boone Pickens Biomedical Building at UT Southwestern on May 5, 2023. Mei-Chun Jau/UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dr. Podolsky stands at a podium and speaks to a room full of people seated at round banquet tables. Next to him is a screen on a stand that displays presentation slides.
UT Southwestern President Daniel K. Podolsky, M.D., speaks to alumni from the classes of 1944 to 1972 during Alumni Reunion in the T. Boone Pickens Biomedical Building at UT Southwestern on May 5, 2023. Mei-Chun Jau/UT Southwestern Medical Center
Four students seated and wearing lab coats are seated on a stage. The second student from the left is holding a microphone and speaking to the unseen audience. Above the students' heads are banners decorated with Alumni Reunion branding.
Second year medical student Lemuelson Aryeetey, second from left, shares his experiences at UT Southwestern during a panel discussion on the student experience during the Platinum Classes Lunch in the T. Boone Pickens Biomedical Building at UT Southwestern on May 5, 2023. He is joined by fellow Medical School students, from left, Katherine E. Lake, Katalina Victoria Acevedo, and Michael Trinh. Mei-Chun Jau/UT Southwestern Medical Center
A group of people pose in front of a blue background with the Alumni Reunion logo and photos of the UT Southwestern campus. In front of them is a white photo booth kiosk.
UT Southwestern alumni pose for a picture in a photo booth during Alumni Reunion festivities in the T. Boone Pickens Biomedical Building at UT Southwestern on May 6, 2023. Eddie Marak/UT Southwestern Medical Center
A group of 17 men and women standing and sitting in two rows in an event space decorated with lounge furniture and banners that read 'Alumni Reunion.'
UT Southwestern alumni from the Medical School Class of 1973, including, seated left to right, Steven Davis, M.D., Sidney Holec, M.D., Tom Rain, M.D., Larry Schorn, M.D., Diana Cardenas, M.D., John Nugent, M.D., Mac Hooton, M.D., Gary Gosdin, M.D., and standing left to right, Ernest Brady Jr., M.D., Wayne Taylor, M.D., Mike Waldron, M.D., Reese Abright, M.D., Thomas Long, M.D., Dale Moquist, M.D., Steve Haley, M.D., Clint Lawrence, M.D., and Bill Sarette, M.D. Henrik Olund/UT Southwestern Medical Center
A man leaning on a podium speaks to a room full of people seated at round banquet tables.
UT Southwestern Vice Provost and Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Research Eric Peterson, M.D., M.P.H., speaks to Medical School alumni from the Class of 1973 and guests during dinner in the T. Boone Pickens Biomedical Building at UT Southwestern on May 5, 2023. Henrik Olund/UT Southwestern Medical Center
An older man holding a microphone speaks to people seated at tables around him.
UT Southwestern alumnus Mac Hooton, M.D. (Medical School ’73), shares a story from his time as a medical student during a dinner celebrating the Class of 1973’s 50th Anniversary in the T. Boone Pickens Biomedical Building at UT Southwester on May 5, 2023. Henrik Olund/UT Southwestern Medical Center
UT Southwestern platinum alumni
UT Southwestern Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry Gary Malone, M.D., presents a continuing medical education session on fentanyl and the current opioid epidemic in the T. Boone Pickens Medical Education Building & Conference Center at UT Southwestern on May 6, 2023. Robert D. Waller/UT Southwestern Medical Center
Two women leaf through the pages of a black and white yearbook resting on a table.
UT Southwestern Medical School alumni from the Class of 1993, Liz Andrews, M.D., and Shalini Reddy, M.D., flip through the pages of an old yearbook during an Alumni Reunion event in the T. Boone Pickens Biomedical Building at UT Southwestern on May 6, 2023. Eddie Marak/UT Southwestern Medical Center
UT Southwestern platinum alumni
Alumni from the classes of 2003 and 2004 gather with Barbara Waller, M.D., ninth from left, at Alumni Reunion, held in the T. Boone Pickens Biomedical Building at UT Southwestern on May 6, 2023. Dr. Waller served as Associate Dean of Student Affairs at UT Southwestern until 2002. Pictured are, from left, Ben Tseng, M.D. (’03), Lorien Nassi, M.D. (’03), Shahryar Sean Nassi, M.D. (’04), Jeff Buyten, M.D. (’03), Natasha Ikbal, M.D. (’03), Damien Luviano, M.D. (’03), June Kim, M.D., (’03), Rebecca Isbell, M.D. (’03), Barbara Waller, M.D. (’03), Jay Isbell, M.D. (’03), Steven Grube, M.D. (’03), Salina Tsai, M.D. (’03), Jennifer Johnson, M.D. (’03), Melissa Miller, M.D. (’03), Sure Naik, M.D. (’03), Matt Kirby, M.D. (’03), Bich Dang, M.D. (’03), Carolyn Wang, M.D. (’03), Harn-Cherng Shiue, M.D. (’03), and Yong Chung, M.D. (’03). Eddie Marak/UT Southwestern Medical Center

The 2024 Alumni Reunion is expected to again be held in the spring. UT Southwestern plans to announce dates and reunion classes in the fall of 2023.

  • Dr. Peterson holds the Adeline and Edmund M. Hoffman Distinguished Chair in Medical Science.
  • Dr. Podolsky holds the Philip O’Bryan Montgomery, Jr., M.D. Distinguished Presidential Chair in Academic Administration, and the Doris and Bryan Wildenthal Distinguished Chair in Medical Science.