Palo Pinto General Hospital
Heather Walsh is a seasoned physician currently serving at Palo Pinto General Hospital since January 2016, while also fulfilling the role of preceptor at UTSW since September 2013. Prior experience includes a position as a physician at USMD, Inc. from September 2007 to December 2015. Heather Walsh holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Columbia University and an MD, PhD in Molecular Biology with a specialization in Reproductive Endocrinology from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.
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Palo Pinto General Hospital
Palo Pinto General Hospital (PPGH) is the primary countywide provider of healthcare for Palo Pinto, west of Fort Worth, with more than 28,000 residents. PPGH, based in Mineral Wells, has moved to position itself in our community as more than just an acute care hospital and as a critically needed countywide resource to help foster wellness and combat higher incidences of disease common in rural communities. Palo Pinto County covers more than 950 square miles, and the county’s population is nearly double that of Mineral Wells, PPGH’s home base. “With such a spread across the region, we have pushed our services out into the county,” Ross Korkmas, PPGH’s chief executive officer, said. In 2021, PPGH opened a family care clinic at Possum Kingdom Lake, the third clinic outside Mineral Wells. PPGH also has family care clinics in Mineral Wells, Gordon, Santo, and an urgent care clinic in Mineral Wells. Our physicians practice a range of specialties. They include family practice, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, orthopedics, surgery, cardiology, gastroenterology, urology, ophthalmology, anesthesiology, pain management, radiology, infectious diseases, podiatry, critical care, pulmonology, emergency medicine, and hospitalists.