Janice A Knebl, DO, MBA, FACP, MACOI, CPPS, is the Dallas Southwest Osteopathic Physicians Endowed Chair in Clinical Geriatrics and University of North Texas System Regent’s Tenured Professor, the past Interim Chairman of the University of North Texas Health Science Center (HSC)’s Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, the HSC Health Clinical Practice Group Chief Medical Officer, and was the Principle Investigator for the Health Resources Services Administration’s Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program entitled “Workforce Enhancement in Healthy Aging and Independent Living (WE HAIL)” that completed in summer 2024. Additionally, Dr. Knebl continues to be involved in clinical practice in the Center for Older Adult’s ambulatory clinic, house calls program, assisted living, memory care facilities and skilled nursing care and is a co- Medical Director for the James L. West Center for Dementia Care for over 30 years and the Medical Director for the Stayton Continuing Care Retirement Community.

Among many accomplishments, she has been named as a “Fort Worth Top Doc” for over 25 years, received the distinguished "Internist of the Year" Award from the American College of Osteopathic Internists, the American Osteopathic Foundation’s Physician of the Year in 2020 and  has been the recipient of aging research grants from agencies such as American Federation for Aging Research, Bureau of Health Professions, Alzheimer's Association, Texas Consortium on Alzheimer’s Disease (TARC) and Texas’ Department of Health and Human Services totally over $25 million in funding.

Dr. Knebl is passionate about student, resident, and professional education, primary care for older adults and caregiver support, and for those diagnosed with dementia disorders.  She created the Center for Older Adults that provides clinical care and services to older adults throughout the continuum of care within an ambulatory geriatrics clinic, house calls program, assisted living, and nursing facilities.  She is also the developer of innovative models of service-learning programs such as the Seniors Assisting in Geriatrics Education (SAGE) Program, where interprofessional teams of health professions students participate in geriatric education with older adult volunteers by going to their homes in the Fort Worth community.