Walter Gracia, MD
Walter Dietrich Gracia, M.D.
Business Address: 1204 5th Avenue, Fort Worth, Texas 76104
Medical Licensure:
Texas, G-5103 Active
Specialty Board Certifications:
Diplomate of the American Board of Plastic Surgery, Inc. – November 1994
Certificate of Added qualification in Hand Surgery – August 1996-December 2006
Hospitals:
Active Staff Privileges
- Harris Methodist Fort Worth (HMFW)
- Offices Held:
- Secretary, Plastic Surgery Division, Harris Methodist Fort Worth, 1998 to 1999
- Vice Chief, Plastic Surgery Division, Harris Methodist Fort Worth, 2000 to 2001
- Chief, Plastic Surgery Division, Harris Methodist Fort Worth, 2002 to 2005, 2008 to 2009
- Committees:
- Plastic Surgery Quality Assurance, Harris Methodist Fort Worth, 1994 to 2001
- Trauma Committee, Harris Methodist Fort Worth 1997 to 2001
- Surgery Committee, Harris Methodist Fort Worth 2002 to 2005, 2008 to 2009
Courtesy Privileges
- Harris Methodist Southwest
- All Saints Episcopal Hospital
- Plaza Medical Center
- Cook Children’s Hospital
Outpatient Surgical facilities
- Plaza Day Surgery Center
- Clear Fork Surgery Center
- Baylor Surgical Hospital at Fort Worth
Education
- 09/79 – 05/83 University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston, Texas M.D. – 1983
- 09/75 – 05/79 Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois
- B.A. – 1979, Economics Major
- Summer, 1976 Texas Christian University Fort Worth, Texas Liberal Arts courses
Residency Training
- 07/01/83 – 06/30/86 General Surgery Department of Surgery
The Western Pennsylvania Hospital
4800 Friendship Avenue
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15224 - 0701/88 – 06/30/90 Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center
4201 St. Antoine Street.
Detroit, Michigan 48201
His Practice interests are Cosmetic and Reconstructive Plastic Surgery.
Fellowship Training
- 07/01/86 – 06/30/87
Hand Surgery
Kansas University Medical Center
Division of Plastic Surgery
Lynn D. Ketchum, M.D.
5701 West 119th St.
Overland Park, Kansas 66209 - 07/01/87 – 06/30/88
Burn Care
Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center
Division of Plastic Surgery
4201 St. Antoine Street
Detroit, Michigan 48201
Work Experience
- Summer, 1976 and 1977 County Medical Examiner’s Office, Tarrant County Fort Worth, Texas assisted in autopsies
- 1994 to 1997 Texas Workers Comp Designated Doctor Exams
- 1994 to 2002 Consultant for CORE, Evaluate cases to determine medical necessity and correct coding
- August 1990 to Present Private Practice of Plastic Surgery in Fort Worth
Volunteer Services
“Proyecto Huasteco, Sonrisa Alegre” – Based in Fort Worth, Texas. Non- profit organization for the repair of the cleft lip and palate of the indigent population of Mexico.
Professional Society Memberships
- Tarrant County Medical Society
- Texas Medical Association
- American Medical Association
- American Society of Plastic Surgeons
- Texas Society of Plastic Surgeons
- The Fort Worth Surgical Society
- American Association for Hand Surgery
- Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
- American Burn Association
- Diplomat of the American Board of Plastic Surgery
Walter D. Gracia, MD, PA
1204 5th Avenue
Fort Worth, Texas 76104
(817) 336-9450
