HES-Lake Granbury Medical Center Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a new, ambulatory-based dermatology residency sponsored by Health Education Services (Community Health Systems) and anchored not at Lake Granbury Medical Center itself but at Bare Dermatology & Skin Cancer Center / Cockerell Dermatopathology in Dallas, giving residents a private-practice-model training experience under high-volume subspecialty faculty rather than a traditional academic medical center base. Training is built around named faculty tracks in general dermatology, dermatopathology (led by program director Dr. Clay Cockerell, a high-volume dermatopathologist), Mohs/dermatologic surgery, cosmetic/laser dermatology, and pediatric and inpatient consult dermatology at affiliated Dallas-Fort Worth institutions (Baylor University Medical Center, Cook Children's Medical Center). A structured research curriculum is delivered through TCOM's Faculty Development Center, and weekly didactics with UT Southwestern faculty signal an intent to connect this community/private-practice-rooted program to broader academic dermatology. The program explicitly values leadership orientation and willingness to help build a collective institutional culture, consistent with its status as a young program still establishing its identity and pipeline (first class starting 2027).