
Dr. Ted C. Mettetal
Founder and Executive Director
Hope Springs Water
Dr. Mettetal is an Arkansas native, born and raised in Monticello. He graduated from the University of Arkansas at Monticello, and from the University of Arkansas School of Medicine in Little Rock, Arkansas. From 1975 to 1979, Dr. Mettetal served in the U.S. Navy as Medical Officer. He later did his residency in family practice medicine at John Peter Smith Hospital, Ft. Worth, TX. In 1982, he opened his own practice in family medicine in Athens, TX, where he remains today. In addition to his practice and his work with Hope Springs Water, Dr. Mettetal still finds time to go overseas regularly, serving as a member of a medical mission team.