Dallas cancer specialist Kevin Courtney is the 2026 recipient of UT Southwestern’s Watson Award, the medical center’s highest clinical-care honor, according to an Oct. 20 announcement.
Courtney directs genitourinary medical oncology at UT Southwestern and helps lead the Simmons Cancer Center team treating cancers including those of the prostate, kidney and bladder. His work combines patient appointments with research into new treatments.
The university says he organized the team’s tumor board and has led more than 40 clinical trials at the site level. Its award profile also credits him with helping develop the institution’s new prostate cancer care center and mentoring younger physicians.
Courtney joined the faculty in 2012. He previously received UT Southwestern’s Patient and Family Recognition Award in 2020. This year’s honor is formally named the Patricia and William L. Watson Jr., M.D. Award for Excellence in Clinical Medicine.
