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Dr. Karen Duncan
President & Chief Executive Officer
Karen Duncan, MD, MBA, serves as the President and CEO of JPS Health Network, a public academic hospital licensed for 582 beds. JPS is the only Psychiatry Emergency Center and the longest-standing Level I Trauma Center in Tarrant County. JPS has the largest family medicine residency program and is the only hospital in the United States certified for stroke, heart attack, sepsis, and maternal levels of care.
Dr. Duncan leads the organization with more than 30 years of healthcare experience in administrative, clinical, and educational roles. As a visionary leader, she has successfully developed teams, driven innovation, operational excellence, and strategic collaborations. Dr. Duncan believes that by focusing on the patient, positive outcomes can be achieved for team members, patients, and the community.
Under her leadership, the organization has achieved several notable accomplishments. JPS has been one of the first five hospitals verified under the American College of Surgeons’ Emergency General Surgery Verification Program. The hospital has also established a public-private partnership with Cook Children’s Health System to build a new healthcare center in the Las Vegas Trail Neighborhood. Additionally, JPS has received designation by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) for the prestigious Pathway to Excellence Re-Designation Program. Committed to workplace safety, Dr. Duncan has led efforts to enhance safety and security across the network. JPS serves as the first healthcare system in the nation to implement new weapon detection and situational awareness software called Zero Eyes.
Since serving in the capacity of CEO, Dr. Duncan has led efforts to expand and renovate the JPS Health Network campus as part of the facilities expansion program, which includes an $800 million bond package. Under her leadership, the hospital has held two groundbreakings for the new Psychiatric Emergency Center and Medical Home Southwest established to enhance accessibility to behavioral health and primary care services for Tarrant County residents.
Dr. Duncan's impressive career includes executive leadership positions at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta and the Cook County Health and Hospital System in Chicago, as well as over 20 years of practicing pediatrics and serving as Medical Director at Grady Hospital. Before joining JPS, she was a principal for Health Management Associates, a healthcare consulting firm providing consultation services for large publicly funded hospital systems, government entities, and managed care plans.
Not only is Dr. Duncan a nationally recognized leader in the healthcare industry, she is a devoted community member and active member of professional organizations. She currently serves as Board Chair of the Tarrant Area Food Bank and is a Teaching Hospitals of Texas Executive Committee member.
Dr. Duncan is the recipient of multiple awards, including being named D CEO Magazine’s 2022 Outstanding Healthcare Executive and Fort Worth Inc. Top 400 in 2022 and 2023.
Dr. Duncan received her MD from Emory University School of Medicine and completed her pediatric residency at University Hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio. She completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in biochemistry at Smith College and completed the Executive MBA Program at Georgia State University.
Jill Farrell
Sr. EVP, Chief Operating Officer
Kim Hodgkinson
EVP, Chief Financial Officer
Daphne Walker
EVP, Chief Legal Officer
Shannon Fletcher
SVP, Chief of Staff and External Affairs
Leah King
SVP, President, JPS Foundation
Saba Asad, MD
SVP, Chief Medical Officer
Zelia Baugh
SVP, Behavioral Health
Phyllis Chambers-Berry, DNP, RN,
NEA-BC
SVP, Chief Nursing Officer
Tricia Elliott, MD
SVP, Academic and Research Affairs
Will Showalter
SVP, Chief Information Officer
Colin Werenka
SVP, Chief Compliance Officer
Razaq Badamosi, MD
VP, Chief Quality Officer
D.T. Nguyen
Chair
Dustin Austin
Demetria Bivens
Tim Davis
Dorothy DeBose
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Jr.
Casey Ford
Margaret Holland, MD
David Mansdoerfer
Allan Rodger
Blake Woodard
Physicians elect medical staff officers every two years. Officers provide feedback to administration, address concerns regarding patient care and quality among clinical staff and provide accountability to the board regarding patient care.
Jessica J. Kirby, DO, MBA, FACEP
Dr. Kirby has been an Emergency Medicine (EM) specialist and educator since 2010. She serves as Chair of EM at JPS Health Network in Fort Worth, Texas, and is faculty at Texas Christian University (TCU) and the University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNTHSC). Driven by a passion for organized medicine, Dr. Kirby has served on numerous national and state committees. She served as Chair of the JPS Physician Excellence Committee in 2022 and 2023, and she is currently President of the JPS Medical Staff.
She is deeply committed to providing quality, value-based care and enjoys the thrill of bringing teams together to operationalize complex processes to improve patient care, patient experience, and the bottom line. Dr. Kirby also has an interest in the business of medicine and holds an MBA from UT Dallas and the Alliance for Physician Leadership. She completed the JPS/TCU Physician Leadership Program, and in 2020 was the recipient of both the IES Dighton C. Packard Award for Leadership in Emergency Medicine and the JPS Excellence Award.
Outside of healthcare, Dr. Kirby enjoys downhill skiing, photography, going to the theatre, and cheering wildly for her kids at soccer, basketball, and baseball.