Meet Dennis C. Polley, DO
President, Board Certified Dermatologist, Provider Supervising Physician
He established Polley Clinic of Dermatology in April 1990, starting with offices in Wilson in Smithfield.
Through the years he has grown the practice to include additional offices in Rocky Mount, Roanoke Rapids, Goldsboro, and Fayetteville.
Polley Clinic has been among the largest dermatology providers in the Southeast, and one of the largest privately-owned medical economic engines in North Carolina.
He is proud to have provided employment to hundreds of employees and has had four employees that have been with him for greater than 20 years.
He is married with 2 children. His son, Dennis C Polley II joined him in the Fayetteville practice as a physician Assistant in September 2016.
His hobbies include singing and playing the guitar, snow skiing, and golf.
DATE OF BIRTH: 04-14-51
ADDRESS: Polley Clinic Of Dermatology And Dermatologic Surgery, P.A.
1806 Glendale Dr. SW. Wilson, NC 27893
EDUCATION
HIGH SCHOOL:
East Des Moines, Iowa - June 1969
COLLEGE:
Grand View College, Des Moines, Iowa
DEGREES:
Associate Arts - May 1974
Associate Liberal Arts - Aug. 1974
Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa
MAJOR:
Pre-Medical
DEGREE:
Bachelor of Arts - May 1976
MEDICAL SCHOOL:
College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery, Des Moines, Iowa
DEGREE:
Doctor of Osteopathy - June 1979
FLEXIBLE INTERNSHIP:
William Beaumont Army Medical Center, El Paso, Texas - June 1979 - June 1980
DERMATOLOGY RESIDENCY:
Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, Aurora, Colorado - June 1980 - June 1983
PREVIOUS POSITIONS:
Chief, Dermatology Service, Womack Army Community Hospital, Ft. Bragg, North Carolina - June 1983 - June 1985
Clinical Preceptor in Dermatology, University of Oklahoma - June 1983 - June 1985
Wilson Dermatology Clinic, Private Practice Associate and Dermatopathologist - March 1984 - May 1990
CURRENT POSITION:
Polley Clinic of Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery - April 30, 1990 - Present
BOARD EXAMINATIONS:
1982 National Board of Examiners for Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons
1983 The American Board of Dermatology
1984 Federal Licensure Exam (FLEX)
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:
Member-American Medical Association
Fellow-American Academy of Dermatology
PUBLICATIONS:
Paull W.H., Polley D.C., Fitzpatrick J.E.
Malignant Melanoma Arising in a Small Congenital Nevus of an Adult
J. Dermatol. Surg. Oncol. 12:11 Nov. 1986
PRESENTATIONS:
1982 Region VIII Medical Seminar
Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, Aurora, Co
"Multiple Pilomatricomas Associated With Polyposis Coli and Rectal Adenocarcinoma"
1987 Wilson County Bar Auxiliary
"What's New in Dermatology"
22nd Annual Wilson Memorial Hospital Postgraduate Symposium
Dermatology Section
1988 IV International Course on Dermatologic Surgery: Theory and Practice
Hospital Sagrado Corazon
Department of Dermatology Associated with the University of Barcelona,
Barcelona, Spain
Faculty: Didactic Sessions
Patient Treatment Laboratory
1989 Cutaneous Surgery for the Dermatologist
Division of Dermatology, Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina
Faculty: Patient Treatment Session
Presentation: "The Potato Study"
1991 American Academy of Dermatology
Faculty: Basic Cryosurgery Course
Presentation: "Sequential Ultrastructural Changes Occurring at the Epidermal-Dermal Junction Following the Cryosurgery"
1991 American Academy of Dermatology
Faculty: Basic Cryosurgery Course
Presentation: "When To Select Cryosurgery Over Excisional Surgery or Curettage and Desiccation"
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