About Us
Tarrant County Academy of Medicine
History of the Academy
In 1953, one year after the Fort Worth Academy of Medicine (now called the Tarrant County Academy of Medicine) was incorporated as a 501(c) (3) organization, the Amon G. Carter Foundation gave the building at 3855 Tulsa Way in Fort Worth to the Academy of Medicine. A large part of the building was leased to the Tarrant County Medical Society to be used as a center for educational programming and community meetings, as well as a place to display medical memorabilia and as a medical library. In 1953, the Tarrant County Medical Society membership totaled 400 physicians; today the membership exceeds 3,000 physicians. In 2009, the Tarrant County Academy of Medicine relocated to its new home at 555 Hemphill Street in Fort Worth.
The Fort Worth Academy of Medicine - TCMS' old home.
Purpose of the Academy
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The Tarrant County Academy of Medicine was formed for the purpose of “improving the medical knowledge of matters relating to health and medicine among the lay public, and thereby improving the health and welfare of residents of Texas.” Today, the Academy serves as the patient’s and the community’s advocate by linking them to medicine.
The Academy provides meeting space for more than 30 meetings per month and hosts more than 7,200 attendees per year. Along with committees of the Medical Society, the volunteer Alliance, the Ethics Consortium, and the Emergency Physicians Advisory Board meet regularly. Additionally, the Tarrant County Medical Society hosts numerous medical education seminars sponsored by the Texas Medical at the Academy of Medicine.
Project Access is a collaborative community project to provide healthcare for uninsured patients using a network of volunteer physicians, partnering hospitals, charitable clinics and ancillary partners.
Under the umbrella of the Tarrant County Academy of Medicine and utilizing members of the Tarrant County Medical Society to provide charitable care, Project Access serves low-income and uninsured residents of Tarrant County by coordinating care ranging from specialty visits to surgeries to ancillary services.
Over 2,200 patients have enrolled in PATC and have had surgical and/or other specialty procedures completed by utilizing the charitable gifts of a network of existing voluntary providers and collaborative partnerships. An additional 1,100 has been served through referrals and connecting with other resources.
Project Access Tarrant County assists residents who have no health coverage (including Medicaid and JPS Connection) and who live at or below 200% of the Federal Poverty level.
