CURRICULUM VITAE
Background Credentials
Personal
- Birthplace: Marlin, Texas
- Marital Status: Wife, Micki; 2 daughters, Morgan Stokes and Meredith Ziafat
Education
- High School – Corsicana High School, Corsicana, Texas
- College – Baylor University, Waco, Texas
- Medical School – Texas Tech University School of Medicine, Lubbock, Texas
- Internship, Residency – Methodist Hospitals of Dallas (Internal Medicine)
- Dermatology Residency – University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Honors and Awards
- B.S. Degree – Baylor – 1972
- Class President – Medical School
- Member Dean’s Selection Committee (only student)
- M.D. Degree, TTUSM – 1975
- Certified by examination, Texas Board of Medical Examiners – 1975
- Most Outstanding Intern – Methodist Hospital – 1976
- Chief Resident, Dermatology UTHSC – 1980
- Certified by examination, American Board of Dermatology – 1980
- American Cancer Society Award for Implementing Skin Cancer Screening Program
- Listed in the “Best Doctors in America” – 1999 – 2020
Awarded Best Facial Surgical Enhancement in the Aesthetic Guide Magazine for 2011- Awarded Favorite Dermatology Group in Addison and North Dallas - 2010
- “D” Magazine – “Best Doctors in Dallas” – 1999 – 2005
- “D” Magazine – “Best Cosmetic Dermatologists in Dallas” – 2003
- Texas Monthly “Super Docs” – 2008-2018
- Consumers Research Council of America – “Best Physicians – Cosmetic Surgery”
- Texas State Senate Award for Community Service
- Plano City Council Award for Performing Life-saving CPR – 2004
- Best Surgical Facial Rejuvenation. "The Aesthetic Guide" - 2011
- Top Doctor in Dallas, TX by the International Association of HealthCare Professionals-2018
Professional Societies and Appointments:
- Dallas Medical Center – Active Staff
- Associate Clinical Professor, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
- Dallas Dermatological Society – Past President
- Texas Medical Association
- Dallas County Medical Society
- Texas Dermatological Society
- Fellow, American Academy of Dermatology
- American Society for Dermatologic Surgery
- Texas Cosmetic Surgery Society
- Dermatology Consultant – Denton State School
Other Activities and Memberships:
- Past Chairman of Deacons and Trustee at Prestonwood Baptist Church
- Baylor Bear Foundation Board
- Baylor Development Council
- Prestonwood Foundation Board
- Prestonwood Sports Organization Board
Publications:
- Author of Looking Forever Young, A Dermatologist’s Guide to Healthy Skin Care, published 1995