Texas Health Catalyst at UT Austin Dell Medical School

What Texas Health Catalyst at UT Austin Dell Medical School does

Texas Health Catalyst at UT Austin Dell Medical School is the innovation and entrepreneurship hub embedded within Dell Medical School, a public academic medical school at The University of Texas at Austin founded in 2016 to train physician leaders and reform health care delivery in Central Texas. The broader Dell Medical School enterprise operates a three-part mission spanning medical education (M.D. program, residencies, fellowships, continuing medical education), clinical care delivered through UT Health Austin and UT Medicine practices, and research across departments including Surgery and Perioperative Care, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Medical Education. Texas Health Catalyst, alongside the Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Texas Health CoLab, and the Impact Factory, supports researchers, innovators, and entrepreneurs in accelerating the translation of health innovations into commercial products.

The school's revenue model rests on three streams: tuition and graduate medical education funding, clinical service revenue from UT Health Austin and UT Medicine, and federal and private research grants (NIH, AHRQ, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation). Its technology base includes clinical platforms (UT Health Austin, UT Medicine), simulation-based surgical training using the Da Vinci robotic system, advanced neuroimaging, psychedelic therapy research, and emerging work in molecular engineering for neurocircuit modulation. The Advancing Care Transformation (ACT) curriculum is a proprietary educational framework that integrates health systems science, value-based care, equity, and leadership into graduate medical education.

Customer segments span physician trainees (M.D. students, residents, fellows), Central Texas patients served through clinical practices, faculty and educators across multiple departments, and youth pipeline participants in Health Sciences Summer Camps. Major clinical and training partnerships include Ascension Seton (with Dell Seton Medical Center as the primary teaching hospital and only Level 1 Trauma Center in the region), Austin State Hospital, UT Health Austin, Caraday Healthcare, and the statewide Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium. Ownership sits with The University of Texas System, with transformational philanthropy from Michael and Susan Dell exceeding $1 billion in cumulative giving to UT Austin.

Name

Texas Health Catalyst at UT Austin Dell Medical School

Legal name

Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin

Website

https://dellmed.utexas.edu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Texas Health Catalyst is the innovation and entrepreneurship hub within UT Austin's Dell Medical School that accelerates translation of health research into commercial products and supports physician-led entrepreneurship in Central Texas.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Academic Medical Education and Health Innovation

NAICS

Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals (622310), Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (54171), Scientific Research and Development Services (5417)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731), Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011)

akta.pro primary industry

Health & Biomedical Research Universities (Academic Medical Center–Affiliated) (EDAHABAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Corporate Accelerators & Startup Programs (FSANAHAD), Entrepreneurship Foundations & Startup Basics (EDAMAHAA)

Keywords

• Medical education services
• Clinical care delivery
• Health innovation programs
• Physician training programs
• Biomedical research services

Headquarters

HQ city

Austin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Tuition and Medical Education: Revenue generated from medical school tuition, graduate medical education (residency/fellowship) programs, and continuing medical education activities.
2. Clinical Care Services: Patient care services delivered through UT Health Austin and UT Medicine clinical practices, generating revenue from medical services provided across multiple specialties.
3. Research Funding and Grants: NIH, AHRQ, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and other federal/private research grants fund faculty research programs across departments.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Texas Health Catalyst is Dell Medical School's health innovation and entrepreneurship program that supports researchers, innovators, and entrepreneurs in accelerating the translation of health discoveries into commercial products. It operates within an academic medical center that delivers physician training (M.D., residencies, fellowships, CME), person-centered clinical care through UT Health Austin, and biomedical research across multiple specialties.

Product overview

Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin is an academic medical institution that provides medical education (M.D. program, residencies, fellowships), clinical care through UT Health Austin, and research programs. It does not offer technology products or software platforms in the traditional sense. The institution's offerings include undergraduate medical education, graduate medical education (residencies and fellowships in various specialties including surgery, psychiatry, pediatrics), continuing medical education, and clinical care services. Notable programs include the Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship, Advancing Care Transformation (ACT) curriculum for residents, Health Sciences Summer Camps for youth, and various research centers including the Institute for Early Life Adversity Research, Center for Youth Mental Health, and Charmaine & Gordon McGill Center for Psychedelic Research & Therapy.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Texas Health CoLab: Innovation and entrepreneurship hub at Dell Medical School focused on health technology commercialization
• The Impact Factory
• Health Sciences Summer Camps
• Advancing Care Transformation (ACT)

Products and services

• Texas Health Catalyst Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program
• M.D. Program
• Residencies and Fellowships (Graduate Medical Education)
• Continuing Medical Education
• Master's and Dual Degrees
• Additional Training Programs
• Health Sciences Summer Camps
• UT Health Austin Clinical Services
• Clinical Trials

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 300 faculty across the Department of Surgery and Perioperative Care serving Central Texas
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

22 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Ascension SetoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAscension Seton is the primary clinical partner for Dell Medical School, providing the hospital infrastructure for training and patient care. Faculty provide psychiatric services at Seton Shoal Creek inpatient psychiatric hospital, Ascension Medical Group Seton Behavioral Health outpatient clinic, psychiatric emergency department at Dell Seton Medical Center, and consultation-liaison services across Ascension Texas hospitals.
• Ascension Seton Medical Center AustincoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary training site for Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship. Fellows rotate through three clinical services: geriatric consultation-liaison service, electroconvulsive therapy suite (at Ascension Seton Shoal Creek), and palliative care service.
• Austin State HospitalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAustin State Hospital provides inpatient psychiatric care to a 38-county region in Central Texas with 299 beds. Partnership with Dell Med includes redesign project (2018-2024) transforming mental health care into an integrated system of comprehensive brain health. Serves as inpatient training site for Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship.
• Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of TexascoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary teaching hospital of Dell Medical School and the region's only Level 1 Trauma Center. Dell Med trains residents and provides psychiatric consultation to trauma, subspecialty surgical, neurology, internal medicine and family medicine inpatient services.
• Caraday Healthcare CenterscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-term care facilities in Travis County/Central Texas established as training sites for Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship. Fellows round at assigned nursing homes under faculty supervision of board-certified geriatric medicine physicians.
• UT Health AustincoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe clinical practice of Dell Medical School providing comprehensive outpatient care. Hosts multiple fellowship training sites including Comprehensive Memory Center (Mulva Clinic for the Neurosciences), Amplify Center for young adults, Bipolar Disorder Center, Women's Reproductive Mental Health Program, and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation services.
• Integral CareminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity mental health partner working with Dell Med's Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences to build scalable models of care for Central Texans.
• Hogg Foundation for Mental HealthminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity partner collaborating on mental health care delivery models and initiatives to improve mental health in Central Texas.
• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) AustinminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity partner supporting mental health awareness, education, and advocacy efforts in collaboration with Dell Med's Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.
• Mental Health TexasminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStatewide mental health advocacy organization partnering with Dell Med to advance mental health care access and policy.
• Pregnancy and Postpartum Health Alliance of TexasminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity partner addressing maternal mental health in Texas through collaborative care models with Dell Med's Women's Reproductive Mental Health Program.
• Texas Child Mental Health Care ConsortiumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDell Med is a hub for the Child Psychiatry Access Network (CPAN) and Texas Child Health Access Through Telemedicine (TCHATT) initiatives, expanding access to clinical care for youth of Central Texas through telehealth and pediatrician consultation.
• Steve Hicks School of Social WorkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborates with Dell Med's Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences to facilitate the Institute for Military and Veteran Family Wellness, addressing unique needs of military and veteran families through research, training, graduate education, and community collaboration.
• Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational partner in Puebla, Mexico collaborating with UT Austin on the AMPATH/MAPAS México Monthly Seminar Series to improve health of vulnerable populations across both countries.
• LLILAS Benson Mexico CenterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-sponsor of the AMPATH/MAPAS México Monthly Seminar series presented by UT Austin and BUAP to improve health of vulnerable populations across Mexico and Texas.
• Austin ISDcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSchool district partner for Health Sciences Summer Camps. Austin ISD nominations comprise a significant portion of camp enrollment, ensuring camps serve local students well.
• Del Valle ISDcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSchool district partner for Health Sciences Summer Camps, nominating students for camp enrollment.
• Eanes ISDcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSchool district partner for Health Sciences Summer Camps, nominating students for camp enrollment.
• Manor ISDcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSchool district partner for Health Sciences Summer Camps, nominating students for camp enrollment.
• Pflugerville ISDcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSchool district partner for Health Sciences Summer Camps, nominating students for camp enrollment.
• Round Rock ISDcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSchool district partner for Health Sciences Summer Camps, nominating students for camp enrollment.
• Abdominal Transplant CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerClinical partnership between UT Health Austin and Ascension Seton providing kidney and pancreas transplant services. Division of Transplant Surgery faculty are part of this center.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Stanford Medicine: Top-tier academic medical center with the Byers Center for Biodesign and a strong health-tech commercialization track record; benchmark for integrating innovation/entrepreneurship into medical education and research translation.
• UCSF School of Medicine: Top research medical school with deep value-based care, health systems science, and innovation DNA—where Dell Med's surgery chair (Bozic) previously held a vice chair role; highly relevant comparable for the ACT curriculum and innovation model.
• Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine: Research-intensive academic medical center with extensive NIH funding, residency/fellowship programs, and an emerging innovation and translation infrastructure; benchmark for Dell Med's research scale-up and ACT-style educational differentiation.
• Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine: Academic medical center with Cleveland Clinic Innovations, one of the most established hospital-affiliated commercialization arms; relevant comparable for Dell Med's Texas Health Catalyst and Texas Health CoLab programs and innovation governance model.
• Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine: Elite academic medical center with a formal Office of Entrepreneurship (where Dell Med's innovation leader was previously employed), national clinical footprint, and a well-developed model for translating internal research into commercial products—a benchmark for Texas Health Catalyst.

Direct peers

• Baylor College of Medicine: Houston-based private medical school with comparable medical education, residency/fellowship training, and biomedical research scope; competes directly with Dell Med for Texas physician talent, research grants, and philanthropic capital.
• McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston: Another UT System medical school, providing medical education, residency training, and clinical care in the Texas Medical Center; direct peer for student recruitment, GME program design, and statewide health initiatives.
• UT Southwestern Medical Center: Texas-based academic medical center within the UT System with overlapping medical education, research, and clinical missions; serves as the dominant research medical school in Dallas and a direct in-state competitor for faculty, students, and NIH funding.
• Long School of Medicine at UT Health San Antonio: UT System medical school offering parallel medical education, GME, and clinical research in South Texas; another in-state peer competing for state funding, faculty, and research portfolio.

Regional players

• Texas A&M University School of Medicine: Texas-based allopathic medical school with growing research footprint and statewide campus system; competes with Dell Med for applicants and research funding outside the UT System.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/dellmedschool
• YouTubeyoutube.com/dellmedschool
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/school/dell-medical-school
• Instagraminstagram.com/dellmedschool

Compliance3 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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