Anna Espinoza, MD

Dr. Anna Espinoza serves as the Assistant Director of NorTex and Associate Director, Program Management in the Department of Family Medicine at UNT Health Fort Worth. Dr. Espinoza provides oversight for all NorTex research projects, and supervises and coordinates project-specific research associates. She also serves as the liaison for Institutional Review Board activities at UNT Health and organizations across north Texas. She assists primary care providers with study development and implementation, coordination of quality improvement activities, and training of research assistants.

Dr. Espinoza recruits physicians to lead or participate in research studies and collaborates with investigators to support their study recruiting efforts. In her role, she facilitates the expansion of research between the NorTex and outside organizations including hospital systems, private practices, county health systems, and federal and rural clinics. Dr. Espinoza received her MD degree from the Universidad Central de Venezuela in Caracas, Venezuela, in 1981, and completed her residency in gastroenterology in 1986. She was in the Venezuelan Navy for 16 years and reached the rank of commander. While in the Navy, she cared for patients in naval bases in remote areas of Venezuela  and practiced as a gastroenterologist for 11 years at the military hospital in the capital, Caracas, before immigrating to Fort Worth, Texas, with her family.