JPS Health Network at Fort Worth

At JPS Health Network we are recognized for our commitment to excellence in health care and medical education, delivered with sensitivity and compassion, on-time, anytime, to anyone, in Tarrant County. We achieve our goals and objectives by working as a team; we strive to meet or exceed the needs of our customers by establishing high standards of performance. We take pride in providing services with the highest level of honesty, dependability and sensitivity in an environment of trust and cooperation.

JPS is a 459-bed county hospital that sponsors 170 training positions in eleven programs. All residency programs are accredited by the ACGME or AOA, and several are dually accredited. We provide clinical medical education for the University of North Texas Health Science Center and enjoy additional affiliations with the UT Southwestern Medical Center, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, and Baylor University Medical Center of Dallas. Click here to view our Internship and Residency Programs.

*You may call our GME Office at: 817.927.1660*

Stipends and Benefits

• JPS Stipends and Benefits

Online Resources

• JPS Education & Training Programs
• Osteopathic Medicine Resources
• Postdoctoral Training :: DO Online
• AACOM Calendar of Events
• American Osteopathic College of Radiology
• UNTHSC Online Library Resources
• Texas Osteopathic Medical Association
• eMedicine Medical Reference

Email Contacts

• Don N. Peska, D.O., M.Ed.

           Director of Medical Education

• Helene Alphonso, D.O.

           Associate Director of Osteopathic Medical Education

• Gary Smith, Ed.D.

           Administrative Director of Medical Education

• John Meehan, D.O.

           Interim Program Director, Diagnostic Radiology

• Alan Podawiltz, D.O.

              AOA Program Director, Psychiatry

• Don N. Peska, D.O., M.Ed.

            Program Director, Traditional Internship

• Cathy Harrell

              House Staff Coordinator