Dr. Dalton received his medical degree from the Medical College of Virginia where he graduated with honors and was a member of Alpha Omega Alpha, the national medical honor society representing the top ten percent of the class. After completing his General Surgery residency at the Medical College of Virginia, Dr. Dalton undertook his Plastic Surgery training at Johns Hopkins University Hospital in Baltimore. He had post doctoral fellowships in transplant surgery in England at the University of London Westminster Hospital and at the University of Cambridge in England.

Dr. Dalton served as Lieutenant Commander in the U. S. Navy prior to establishing his private practice. As a combat surgeon he was assigned to the first Marine Division in Southeast Asia. Dr. Dalton came to Oklahoma City from Johns Hopkins to serve as Chief of Plastic Surgery for the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences. Subsequently he entered private practice although he retains an academic position as Clinical Professor of Surgery. Dr. Dalton maintains an active role in the plastic surgery community. He has in the past served as president of the Oklahoma Surgical Association and as president of the Oklahoma City Surgical Society. In addition he has been Chairman of the Plastic Surgery Department at both the Baptist Medical Center and the Mercy Medical Center. His recent papers include presentations on cosmetic breast surgery and on abdominoplasty at the International Society of Clinical Plastic Surgeons meeting in Costa Rica. In addition he presented a paper on cosmetic surgery of the abdomen at the Oklahoma meeting of the American College of Surgeons.