Dalton Prickett, M.D.

Dalton S. Prickett, MD, earned his medical degree from the University of South Carolina School of Medicine in Columbia and completed his general surgery residency at the University of Louisville Department of Surgery in Louisville, Kentucky. He served as chief resident and as an instructor at the department before joining South Carolina Surgical Associates in Columbia. Dr. Prickett is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and is board certified in general surgery by the American Board of Surgery. He is a past chairman of the department of surgery and former chief of staff at Palmetto Health Baptist, was vice chief of surgery at Providence Hospital in Columbia and is member of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery, the American Medical Association, the Columbia Medical Society, the South Carolina Medical Association, the Southeastern Surgical Congress and the South Carolina Surgical Society. Dr. Prickett specializes in the treatment and management of morbid obesity at the Palmetto Health Weight Management Center, and was one of the first surgeons in the Midlands region to perform the weight-loss procedure laparoscopically. He performs both general and vascular surgery, with his areas of special interest including endocrine and gastrointestinal surgery, diagnosis and treatment of breast disease and a wide array of laparoscopic surgery. His laparoscopic specialties include gallbladder, reflux (GERDS), gastric bypass, hernia, colon, spleen and appendix.