David P. Capper, M.D., is the medical director of Christian Community Health Services and Clinic in Fort Worth, Texas. He is also executive vice president, medical director and administrator of Covenant Hospice & Palliative Care Clinic, now a part of the Compassus family. He serves on the Compassus Medical Directors Advisory Council.

Capper is active in both the state and local medical communities. He is a clinical preceptor for the University of North Texas Health Science Center, serves on the public grievance and humanitarian committees for the Tarrant County Medical Society, is the chair of the Plaza Medical Ethics Committee and a member of the Tarrant County Ethics Consortium. A member of the Palliative Care Team at Baylor All Saints Hospital in Fort Worth, Capper is also a past president of the Texas Academy of Palliative Medicine.

A fellow in the American College of Physicians and American Academy of Hospice & Palliative Medicine, Capper is the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including the Mildred Hogstel Award from the Tarrant Area Gerontological Society, Medical Director of the Year from the Texas & New Mexico Hospice Organization and Humanitarian of the Year Award from the Tarrant County Medical Society.

Capper earned his undergraduate degree from Austin College in Sherman, Texas, and his medical degree from the University of Texas Medical School. He completed his internship and residency at Good Samaritan Hospital and Medical Center in Portland, Oregon, and his chief residency at St. Vincent Hospital in Portland.