Dorwart Closes 40 years of Medical Practice

He was born in Sidney. One might say he was born into medicine, and then passed on the legacy to his children. Three of his children continued the practice of medicine in the family.

Dr. Clinton B. Dorwart recently retired from practice in Sidney. His dad was a general practitioner in Sidney until his death in 1978.

“ We could not be prouder of all the work you've done throughout your 40 year career in Sidney. The dedication to the city, the perseverance through difficult times and your unwavering insistence on doing the right thing even when it's not the easy thing are all things we look up to,” said son Matthew Dorwart.

Clinton Dorwart graduated from St. Pats High School in Sidney. He went to Creighton University for undergraduate degree and joined Army ROTC during college. He was sent to Vietnam during the height of the Vietnam War, serving there from 1969-1970. He had a series of other jobs prior to starting medical school at Creighton. He met his wife in Omaha where she was a nurse. They got married two days after his medical school graduation.

After completing Family Medicine residency in Waterloo, Iowa, the Dorwarts moved to Sidney in 1981 where they have lived since.

“He has taken care of multiple generations of Sidney residents. He has delivered countless babies and then delivered those people’s children,” son Matt Dorwart said.

He will definitely be remembered by his patients as someone who “told them like it was.” He was and is never someone who would sugar coat something. He is said to be intimidating at first meeting, but once you get to know him his gruff exterior gives way to a softer inside. Although he stepped back from full time practice five years ago, he continued to work in the Chappell medical clinic. He now decided that it was time to retire completely. 

His children Bill, Michelle, and Matt followed in his footsteps and became Family  Medicine doctors as well.  His third son, Dan, lives in Sidney with his family and is a teacher at Sidney Middle School. 

“Needless to say the landscape of medicine has changed over the last 40 years but you have always remained true to yourself. You committed more time, energy, integrity and love to your vocation than any other doctor we have met. You are the true definition of a family physician and for that we thank you,” Matthew Dorwart said of his father.