Arturo R. Dominguez MD

Summary

• Arturo R. Dominguez, M.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Dermatology and the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He specializes in complex medical dermatology, autoimmune blistering diseases, teledermatology, and hospital dermatology. He founded the inpatient dermatology consult service for UT Southwestern-affiliated hospitals.
  
  
  Dr. Dominguez is a proud "fronterizo," having been born on the U.S.- Mexico border in El Paso, TX and raised in Cd. Juarez, Mexico for much of his childhood. He earned his undergraduate degree at Princeton University and his medical degree at UT Southwestern. He completed an internal medicine residency at the University of Washington School of Medicine, and a second residency in dermatology at UT Southwestern. He maintains active board certification in both specialties.
  
  
  His research focuses primarily on autoimmune blistering diseases, teledermatology, inpatient dermatology, and community health education interventions. He has published a number of scholarly articles and delivered more than 50 research-related presentations. He takes part in UT Southwestern-based and NIH-funded clinical trials to evaluate diseases such as severe cutaneous drug reactions and autoimmune blistering diseases such as pemphigus vulgaris.
  
  Dr. Dominguez attends on the internal medicine teaching service at Parkland Hospital and is active in residency education in that department. He is also the founder of the teledermatology service line at Parkland Health and Hospital System, which led to the expansion of telemedicine throughout the entire system. He is member of the their telemedicine governance committee.