Meet Dr. Walter Gracia
BOARD-CERTIFIED PLASTIC SURGEON
Walter Dietrich Gracia, M.D.
Walter D. Gracia, MD, PA, is a board-certified plastic surgeon with more than thirty years of experience. His office is conveniently located in the hospital district of Fort Worth, Texas.
To stay up-to-date in his field, Dr. Gracia is a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He also holds memberships with the American Medical Association, American Burn Association, American Association for Hand Surgery, the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgeons, Texas Medical Association, Tarrant County Medical Society, Texas Society of Plastic Surgeons, and the Fort Worth Surgical Society.
Dr. Gracia was previously voted a “Texas Super Doctor” by Texas Monthly and also volunteers with “Proyecto Huasteco, Sonrisa Alegre” repairing cleft lips and palates of the indigent population of Mexico.
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
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
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.