Scott Checketts, MD

Scott R. Checketts, MD, is a dermatologist at the Layton and Kaysville locations of Tanner Clinic. His Layton Antelope Building A practice is located on the third floor of the clinic’s west wing, and his Kaysville practice is located on the main floor of the clinic. He joined Tanner Clinic in 1999.

A native of Salt Lake City, Dr. Checketts earned his undergraduate degree in behavioral and health science from the University of Utah. He received his M.D. from the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in Piscataway, New Jersey. The school is now affiliated with Rutgers University.

Dr. Checketts began his residency at the U. of U. Health Sciences Center, where he initially focused on internal medicine. He transferred as a student of dermatopathology to Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. His year-long stint there launched what became a continuing interest in research.

He returned to the U. of U. to finish his internal medicine residency. Deciding to focus on skin conditions, he also completed a residency in dermatology at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire, where he served as chief resident. The medical center is a training facility for the Ivy League Dartmouth University.

The board-certified physician is married and the father of three daughters. His favorite pastimes are golfing, traveling, and reading historical and Western fiction. He’s a fan of Louis L’amour.