Gail Yvonne Cockrell MD

Dr. Cockrell was born in Cleveland, Ohio.  She attended a small liberal Arts College, Alderson-Broaddus College in Philippi, West Virginia.  After graduation, she worked as a Research Associate at Case Western University for 5 years before returning to Medical School at the University of Cincinnati.

She then traveled to New York City for residency at Harlem Hospital in General Surgery. 
Upon finishing residency, she completed a year of Critical Care and Endoscopy.

She moved on to Atlanta and worked for Morehouse School of Medicine with a practice in Trauma and General Surgery at Grady Memorial Hospital. When an opportunity for additional training in Burns came she moved to Baltimore and completed a Burn Fellowship at Johns Hopkins Burn Center.

While in Baltimore Dr. Cockrell also had the opportunity to be involved in the care of Chronic Wound patients, and this now is a special interest.

Dr. Cockrell’s professional interests include: Burn and wound care and wound healing, and her personal interests are Tai Chi and playing classical guitar.