Thomas Oran Dalton MD

Geriatric Medicine

Associate Professor, Internal Medicine and Geriatrics

Summary

Thomas Dalton, MD is an Internal Medicine specialist based in Dallas, TX, with a subspecialty in Geriatric Medicine. He completed medical school and internal medicine residency training, including a year as chief resident, at UT Southwestern. He then completed a geriatric medicine fellowship with a concentration in medical education at Duke University Hospital. Dr. Dalton's research and clinical interests focus on care coordination for high-risk older adults and care of older adults in the inpatient setting. He devotes a significant amount of his professional time to medical education where his focus is on teaching and assessing history-taking and physical exam skills, clinical reasoning, master adaptive learning, professional identity formation, and medical ethics.

Duke University HospitalFellowship, Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine), 2012 - 2014
University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 2008 - 2011
University of Texas Southwestern Medical SchoolClass of 2008

CMS Meaningful Use Stage Stage 2 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory 2014 Certified EHR Suite, Epic Systems Corporation, 2015-2017
CMS Meaningful Use Stage Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory 2014 Certified EHR Suite, Epic Systems Corporation, 2015-2017