Dennis C. Polley, DO


 

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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