Family Medicine physician, Elizabeth Dockery, DO, provides primary care services for patients in the Oak Ridge area at Methodist Family Medicine Clinic and serves as core faculty for the Methodist Family Medicine Residency Program. She has been practicing family medicine for seven years and treats patients of all ages.  She is bilingual in English and Spanish. Her clinical interests are women’s health, preventative medicine, and pediatrics.

Dr. Dockery serves as a core faculty member of the Methodist Family Medicine Residency. She will supervise resident physicians while they treat patients and serve as a mentor during their time as a resident.

She earned her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) from Lincoln Memorial University DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine (LMU-DCOM) in Harrogate, Tennessee in 2016. She completed her residency in Family Medicine at S. Hughes Melton Family Medicine Residency at Johnson Memorial Hospital in Abingdon, Virginia in 2019, where she served one year as the chief resident. She completed the Residency Faculty Fundamentals Certificate Program through the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM) in 2023.

“I love working with people of all ages on achieving better health. I enjoy being a primary care physician because I get to meet people of all ages and walks of life,” Dr. Dockery said. “This clinic was built in conjunction with the Methodist Family Medicine Residency program, so I will be one of several faculty members who oversee new doctors completing their family medicine residency.  Our program will create more providers for the clinic and ultimately to serve the community.”

She says, “I hope this clinic becomes a core part of the community and that people in the Oak Ridge area feel comfortable coming to us for their family’s healthcare needs. I want to make sure people know we will provide excellent care of them and their family.”

After Dr. Dockery completed her residency in Abingdon, VA, she served as an attending faculty member at the Primary Care Center for four years. She also served as an associate clinical faculty member at Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine core site in Abingdon for three years before coming to the Oak Ridge area in 2023.