Classification:
Leadership
Specialty Areas:
Internal Medicine
Practicing Since:
1996
Languages Spoken:
English
Personal Info:

Dr. Dorrance serves as Flagship's Chief Medical Officer and has been caring for patients in the veteran community for over 25 years. He served in the U.S. Navy for more than 35 years before retiring at the rank of Captain. During his military service he served as the Chief Medical Officer for the U.S. Navy, and Chief of Medicine at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Dr. Dorrance has also had numerous operational deployments including serving aboard the USS HEWITT (DD-966), USS ACADIA (AD-42) and USNS COMFORT as the Assistant Director for Medical Services during recovery operations following Hurricane Katrina. In addition, in 2010, he served as Director of Branch Clinic, Expeditionary Medical Facility, Kuwait. Dr. Dorrance holds an academic appointment as Associate Professor of Medicine and faculty appointment in the Department of Health Services Administration at USUHS. He completed medical school at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS), where he obtained his Doctor of Medicine and graduated with distinction. He graduated with honors from the University of Colorado Boulder with a BS in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology.

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