Primary Specialty Areas
- Diseases, Injuries & Deformities General Surgery
- Robotic and Laparoscopic Surgery
Medical Services Provided
- Diseases, Injuries, Deformities, Intestinal Tract, i.e. Diverticulitis & Colon Cancer
- Thoracic Lung Surgery – Lung Cancer
- Gallbladder Surgery
- Heart Cancer Surgery
- Lung Cancer
- 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, and is currently President of Highland Clinic.
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 he performs many procedures by laparoscopy and robotics.
Dr. Dockendorf admits patients to Christus Highland.
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