Duke Ballard, PA-C, is a board certified Physician Assistant licensed in Tennessee and Georgia. He is a member of the Society of Dermatology Physician Assistants, Georgia Dermatology Physician Assistants, and the Tennessee Academy of Physician Assistants. He was elected as a State of Tennessee delegate to the American Academy of Physician Assistants in 2001. He has been practicing since 1999 and joined our team in 2010.

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He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, Texas and the U.S. Army Physician Assistant program at the U.S. Academy of Health Sciences Fort Sam in Houston, Texas. He is also a graduate of the Hugh Greenway Surgical Anatomy and Cutaneous Surgery course.

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He served in the U.S. Army undergoing Infantry, Airborne, and Ranger training at Fort Benning, Georgia. He began his career working in the surgical specialties before switching to Dermatology in 2001.