Primary Specialty Areas
- Diseases, Injuries & Deformities General Surgery
- Vascular Diseases & Disorders Treatment & Surgery
- Robotic and Laparoscopic Surgery
Medical Services Provided
- Diseases, Injuries & Deformities General Surgery
- Carotid Disease
- Peripheral Vascular Disease
- Thoracic Lung Surgery – Lung Cancer
- Mastectomy Breast Cancer Surgery
- Gallbladder Surgery
- Vascular Diseases & Disorders Treatment & Surgery
- Hernias
- Colon Surgery
- Reflux Surgery
- Colonoscopies
- Thyroid and Parathyroid Biopsy and Surgery
Meet Your Provider
Dr. Dockendorf joined the surgery department of Highland Clinic in July of 1993. He is licensed in Louisiana and Texas and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Dockendorf has also served as Chief of Staff and Chief of Surgery at Christus Hospital.
He provides consultation and surgical care for both adult and pediatric patients. His areas of practice include abdominal, colon and rectal, breast, endocrine, thoracic and vascular problems and he performs many procedures by laparoscopy and robotics.
Dr. Dockendorf admits patients to Christus Highland and Willis Knighton Pierremont.
Dr. Dockendorf grew up in the East Texas area. He is married and has two sons.
He accepts most insurance plans. Patient visits are by appointment.
Education
1989 – 1993: Internship: Scott & White Memorial Hospital,Temple,TX
1988 – 1989: Residency: Scott & White Memorial Hospital,Temple,TX
1984 – 1988: Texas A&M University College of Medicine, College Station, TX
1981 – 1984: Texas A&M University College of Medicine, College Station, TX